Ask a question on the site
Questions
Lawyers
Blogs
Legislation
Contacts
Become a lawyer
Login Registration
Chapter 241 - Contest for State Senator or Representative
Section 241.001. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 241.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies to a...
Section 241.002. Parties - Sec. 241.002. PARTIES. The provisions of this title relating to...
Section 241.003. Petition - Sec. 241.003. PETITION. (a) The contestant must state the grounds...
Section 241.004. Answer - Sec. 241.004. ANSWER. (a) The contestee must reply to the...
Section 241.005. Method of Delivering Contest Papers to Parties - Sec. 241.005. METHOD OF DELIVERING CONTEST PAPERS TO PARTIES. (a)...
Section 241.006. Delivery of Contest Papers to Presiding Officer - Sec. 241.006. DELIVERY OF CONTEST PAPERS TO PRESIDING OFFICER. (a)...
Section 241.0061. Security for Costs - Sec. 241.0061. SECURITY FOR COSTS. (a) Not later than the...
Section 241.007. Runoff Delayed - Sec. 241.007. RUNOFF DELAYED. (a) If a special election for...
Section 241.008. Presiding Officer as Party - Sec. 241.008. PRESIDING OFFICER AS PARTY. If the presiding officer...
Section 241.009. Master of Discovery - Sec. 241.009. MASTER OF DISCOVERY. (a) As soon as practicable...
Section 241.0091. Frivolous Petition - Sec. 241.0091. FRIVOLOUS PETITION. (a) The master may on the...
Section 241.010. Discovery and Depositions - Sec. 241.010. DISCOVERY AND DEPOSITIONS. (a) Any party to a...
Section 241.011. Referral of Contest to Committee; Hearing by Committee - Sec. 241.011. REFERRAL OF CONTEST TO COMMITTEE; HEARING BY COMMITTEE....
Section 241.012. Hearing Procedure - Sec. 241.012. HEARING PROCEDURE. The procedure for the committee hearing...
Section 241.013. Evidence - Sec. 241.013. EVIDENCE. Except as otherwise provided by house rules,...
Section 241.014. Attendance of Witnesses - Sec. 241.014. ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES. (a) The committee to which...
Section 241.015. Committee Report - Sec. 241.015. COMMITTEE REPORT. (a) Except as provided by Section...
Section 241.016. Minority Report - Sec. 241.016. MINORITY REPORT. Any member of the committee dissenting...
Section 241.017. Withdrawal of Contest - Sec. 241.017. WITHDRAWAL OF CONTEST. (a) A contestant may withdraw...
Section 241.018. Disposition of Contest by House - Sec. 241.018. DISPOSITION OF CONTEST BY HOUSE. (a) Except as...
Section 241.019. Disposition of Contest by Committee - Sec. 241.019. DISPOSITION OF CONTEST BY COMMITTEE. The committee to...
Section 241.020. New Election Ordered if Contested Election Void - Sec. 241.020. NEW ELECTION ORDERED IF CONTESTED ELECTION VOID. In...
Section 241.021. Delivery of Certified Copies of Judgment - Sec. 241.021. DELIVERY OF CERTIFIED COPIES OF JUDGMENT. (a) After...
Section 241.022. Procedures for New Election Generally - Sec. 241.022. PROCEDURES FOR NEW ELECTION GENERALLY. (a) If the...
Section 241.023. Accelerated Election Schedule - Sec. 241.023. ACCELERATED ELECTION SCHEDULE. If another election is necessary...
Section 241.024. Candidates in New Election - Sec. 241.024. CANDIDATES IN NEW ELECTION. (a) The candidates in...
Section 241.025. Costs of Contest - Sec. 241.025. COSTS OF CONTEST. (a) Subject to Section 221.013(a),...
Chapter 242 - Contest for Constitutional Executive Office
Section 242.001. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 242.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies to a...
Section 242.002. Conduct of Contest Generally - Sec. 242.002. CONDUCT OF CONTEST GENERALLY. (a) Except as otherwise...
Section 242.003. Contest for Office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor - Sec. 242.003. CONTEST FOR OFFICE OF GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR....
Section 242.004. Accelerated Election Schedule - Sec. 242.004. ACCELERATED ELECTION SCHEDULE. The time intervals for conducting...
Chapter 243 - Contest for Presidential Electors
Section 243.001. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 243.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies to a...
Section 243.002. Parties - Sec. 243.002. PARTIES. (a) An election of presidential electors may...
Section 243.003. Petition - Sec. 243.003. PETITION. (a) The contestant must state the grounds...
Section 243.004. Notice to Contestees - Sec. 243.004. NOTICE TO CONTESTEES. (a) When a petition is...
Section 243.005. Answer - Sec. 243.005. ANSWER. (a) The contestee must reply to the...
Section 243.006. Hearing of Contest - Sec. 243.006. HEARING OF CONTEST. When the contestee's answer is...
Section 243.007. Master of Discovery - Sec. 243.007. MASTER OF DISCOVERY. (a) The governor may appoint...
Section 243.008. Discovery and Depositions - Sec. 243.008. DISCOVERY AND DEPOSITIONS. (a) Any party to a...
Section 243.009. Hearing Procedure - Sec. 243.009. HEARING PROCEDURE. The governor shall determine the procedure...
Section 243.010. Evidence - Sec. 243.010. EVIDENCE. Except as otherwise provided by the governor,...
Section 243.011. Attendance of Witnesses - Sec. 243.011. ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES. (a) The governor has the...
Section 243.012. Disposition of Contest - Sec. 243.012. DISPOSITION OF CONTEST. (a) The governor shall determine...
Section 243.013. Costs of Contest - Sec. 243.013. COSTS OF CONTEST. The governor may assess the...