Texas Election Code
§ 145.036 — FILLING VACANCY IN NOMINATION
EL § 145.036Title 9. CANDIDATES · Ch. 145. WITHDRAWAL, DEATH AND INELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATE · Art. B. PARTY NOMINEE IN GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS
Statute text
View on source(a)Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (b-1), if a candidate's name is to be omitted from the ballot under Section 145.035, the political party's state, district, county, or precinct executive committee, as appropriate for the particular office, may nominate a replacement candidate to fill the vacancy in the nomination.
(b)An executive committee may make a replacement nomination following a withdrawal only if:
(1)the candidate:
(A)withdraws because of a catastrophic illness that was diagnosed after the first day after the date of the regular filing deadline for the general primary election and the illness would permanently and continuously incapacitate the candidate and prevent the candidate from performing the duties of the office sought; and
(B)files with the withdrawal request a certificate describing the illness and signed by at least two licensed physicians;
(2)no political party that held primary elections has a nominee for the office sought by the withdrawing candidate as of the time of the withdrawal; or
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 84 (S.B. 1703), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 24, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1150 (S.B. 994), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.