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Tex. Elec. Code § 41.0011 (2026)
Emergency Requiring Early Election
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Sec. 41.0011. EMERGENCY REQUIRING EARLY ELECTION. (a) If the governor determines that an emergency warrants holding a special election before the appropriate uniform election date, the election may be held on an earlier nonuniform date.
(b) An authority of a political subdivision desiring to order a special election as an emergency election under this section must ask the governor for permission to do so. If the governor determines that an emergency exists, the governor shall grant permission.
(c) The proclamation or order for an emergency election under this section must include a statement identifying the nature of the emergency.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 389, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Notes of Decisions
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case, 2018–2018 · leading case: Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2018).
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2018). “TEX. ELEC. CODE § 41.0011 (a). 9 You acknowledge that many of the residents of Congressional District 27 "are still recovering from the ravages of Hurricane Harvey.”
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