Texas Election Code
§ 201.023 — RESIGNATION
EL § 201.023Title 12. ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCY IN OFFICE · Ch. 201. DETERMINATION OF AND ELECTION TO FILL VACANCY · Art. B. TIME VACANCY OCCURS
Statute text
View on sourceIf an officer submits a resignation, whether to be effective immediately or at a future date, a vacancy occurs on the date the resignation is accepted by the appropriate authority or on the eighth day after the date of its receipt by the authority, whichever is earlier.
Legislative history
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1187, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.