Sec. 233.010. EFFECT OF CONTEST ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ADOPTED MEASURE. (a) The filing of an election contest does not suspend implementation of a contested measure that is shown by the officially determined result to have been adopted, except that in the application of equitable principles, the court in which an election contest is filed may suspend implementation of the contested measure pending outcome of the contest.
(b) Another law that provides that implementation may or may not be suspended supersedes this section.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - Contests in District Court
Chapter 233 - Contest on Measure
Section 233.001. Applicability of Chapter
Section 233.006. Filing Period for Petition
Section 233.007. Filing Period for Answer
Section 233.008. Return of Unserved Citation
Section 233.010. Effect of Contest on Implementation of Adopted Measure
Section 233.011. New Election Ordered if Contested Election Void
Section 233.012. Effect of Void Election
Section 233.013. Consolidation of Contest
Section 233.014. Special Procedures for Contest of Constitutional Amendment Election