Texas Election Code

§ 241.008 — PRESIDING OFFICER AS PARTY

EL § 241.008Title 14. ELECTION CONTESTS · Part C. CONTESTS IN OTHER TRIBUNALS · Ch. 241. CONTEST FOR STATE SENATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE

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If the presiding officer of the house having jurisdiction is a party to a contest, the house shall elect one of its members to perform the duties of the presiding officer with respect to the contest. The chair of the house's committee on administration shall perform those duties until the substitute is elected.

Legislative history

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 232, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.