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TX Elec COde § 233.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 233 - Contest on Measure|Section 233.001. Applicability of Chapter

Sec. 233.001.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.  This chapter applies to a contest of an election on a measure.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 233.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 233 - Contest on Measure|Section 233.002. Contestant

Sec. 233.002.  CONTESTANT.  One or more qualified voters of the territory covered by an election on a measure may contest the election.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 233.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 233 - Contest on Measure|Section 233.003. Contestee

Sec. 233.003.  CONTESTEE.  (a)  The contestee must be at least one of the following:(1)  the presiding officer of the final canvassing authority for the contested election;(2)  the presiding officer of the authority that ordered the contested election or the ordering authority, if ordered by an individual;  or(3)  if the person specified by Subdivision (1) or (2) is incapacitated or cannot act for any other reason, another member of the specified authority.(b)  The secretary of state must be a contestee in a contest of an election on a proposed constitutional amendment or any other statewide measure submitted by the legislature.(c)  The costs of an election contest may not be assessed against a contestee specified by this section or against the governmental or political entity the contestee represents.(d)  A contestee specified by this section may not be required to give bond on appeal.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 233.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 233 - Contest on Measure|Section 233.004. Intervention

Sec. 233.004.  INTERVENTION.  (a)  The court may permit one or more qualified voters of the territory covered by the contested election to intervene as contestants or contestees.(b)  The court shall determine the extent to which each intervenor may participate in the contest as the ends of justice and orderly procedure require.  However, the court must permit at least one intervention on the side of the contestee, if requested to do so, and must permit the intervening contestee to participate fully in the conduct of the contest.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 233.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 233 - Contest on Measure|Section 233.005. Venue

Sec. 233.005.  VENUE.  The venue of an election contest is:(1)  in Travis County if the contested election is statewide;  or(2)  in any county wholly or partly in the territory covered by the contested election if the election is less than statewide.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 233.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 233 - Contest on Measure|Section 233.006. Filing Period for Petition

Sec. 233.006.  FILING PERIOD FOR PETITION.  (a)  The contestant may not file the petition in the contest earlier than the day after election day.(b)  Except as provided by Section 233.014, the contestant must file the petition not later than the later of the 30th day after the date the election records are publicly available under Section 1.012 or the official result of the contested election is determined.(c)  The contestant must deliver a copy of the petition to the secretary of state by the same deadline prescribed for the filing of the petition.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1349, Sec. 70, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1215 (S.B. 902), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Elec COde § 233.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 233 - Contest on Measure|Section 233.007. Filing Period for Answer

Sec. 233.007.  FILING PERIOD FOR ANSWER.  (a)  A contestee must file an answer to the contestant's petition not later than:(1)  10 a.m. of the 10th day after the date of service of citation on the contestee or 10 a.m. of the fifth day after the date the official result of the contested election is determined, whichever is later, if the contested election is less than statewide;  or(2)  10 a.m. of the 20th day after the date of service of citation, if the contested election is statewide.(b)  The citation must command the contestee to answer by the specified deadline.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 233.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 233 - Contest on Measure|Section 233.008. Return of Unserved Citation

Sec. 233.008.  RETURN OF UNSERVED CITATION.  The citation issued in an election contest must direct the officer receiving the citation to return it unserved if it is not served within 20 days after the date of issuance.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 233.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 233 - Contest on Measure|Section 233.009. Notice of Filing and Outcome of Contest to Authority Receiving Election Certification

Sec. 233.009.  NOTICE OF FILING AND OUTCOME OF CONTEST TO AUTHORITY RECEIVING ELECTION CERTIFICATION.  If the result of a contested election is required to be certified to an authority other than the authority that ordered the election, the authority responsible for delivering the certification shall:(1)  include with the certification written notice of the filing of the contest or, if the contest is filed after the certification is delivered, deliver the notice promptly after the contest is filed;  and(2)  deliver to the authority receiving the certification written notice of the outcome of the contest promptly after the judgment becomes final.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 233.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 233 - Contest on Measure|Section 233.010. Effect of Contest on Implementation of Adopted Measure

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.|
TX Elec COde § 233.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 233 - Contest on Measure|Section 233.011. New Election Ordered if Contested Election Void

Sec. 233.011.  NEW ELECTION ORDERED IF CONTESTED ELECTION VOID.  The court may not order a new election to be held if the contested election is declared void, except that the court shall include in its judgment an order directing the appropriate authority to order a new election if the authority that ordered the contested election was required by law to order it pursuant to a petition requesting the election or requesting other action making the holding of the election necessary.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 233.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 233 - Contest on Measure|Section 233.012. Effect of Void Election

Sec. 233.012.  EFFECT OF VOID ELECTION.  (a)  The effect of a void election with respect to a restriction on the authority to order another election or on the time interval between elections of the same or similar nature is the same as if the election had not been held.(b)  If the authorization for ordering the election that was declared void was conditioned on its being ordered or held before a specified date and that condition was satisfied with respect to the void election, the condition is also satisfied if another election is ordered for a date not later than the 120th day after the date the judgment declaring the contested election void becomes final or the first day on which the election may lawfully be held, whichever is later.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 233.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 233 - Contest on Measure|Section 233.013. Consolidation of Contest

Sec. 233.013.  CONSOLIDATION OF CONTEST.  If more than one election contest involving the same measure is filed, the actions shall be consolidated.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 233.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 233 - Contest on Measure|Section 233.014. Special Procedures for Contest of Constitutional Amendment Election

Sec. 233.014.  SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR CONTEST OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION.  (a)  This section applies only to a contest of an election on a proposed constitutional amendment.(b)  The contestant's petition must be filed and service of citation on the secretary of state must be obtained before the final official canvass is completed.(c)  The declaration of the official result of a contested election may not be made until the contest is finally determined.  The secretary of state shall tabulate the county returns and the governor shall announce the final vote count, as ascertained from the returns, in a written document.  The document announcing the final vote count must state that a contest of the election has been filed and that the declaration of the official result will not be made until the contest is finally determined.(d)  The trial date may not be earlier than the 45th day after the date of the contested election unless the contestant requests an earlier date.(e)  If an amended petition alleging additional grounds of contest is filed, the contest may not be called for trial earlier than the 20th day after the date the amended petition is filed unless the secretary of state agrees to calling the contest for trial at an earlier date.(f)  The court shall include in its judgment in a contest an order directing the governor to declare the official result of the election or to declare the election void, as appropriate, not later than the 10th day after the date the judgment becomes final.(g)  Any question relating to the validity or outcome of a constitutional amendment election may be raised in an election contest.  A contest is the exclusive method for adjudicating such questions.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 163, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Elec COde § 241.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle C - Contests in Other Tribunals|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 contest of a general or special election for the office of state senator or state representative.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 241.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle C - Contests in Other Tribunals|Chapter 241 - Contest for State Senator or Representative|Section 241.002. Parties

Sec. 241.002.  PARTIES.  The provisions of this title relating to who may be or is required to be a party in an election contest in the district court apply to a contest under this chapter.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 241.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle C - Contests in Other Tribunals|Chapter 241 - Contest for State Senator or Representative|Section 241.003. Petition

Sec. 241.003.  PETITION.  (a)  The contestant must state the grounds for the contest in a petition in the same manner as a petition in an election contest in the district court.(b)  The contestant must file the petition with the secretary of state not later than the later of the seventh day after the date the election records are publicly available under Section 1.012 or the official result of the contested election is determined.  The contestant must deliver a copy of the petition to the contestee by the same deadline.(c)  The contestant may not file the petition with the secretary of state or deliver the copy to the contestee before the day after the date of the contested election.(d)  Section 1.006 does not apply to this section.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 759, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1215 (S.B. 902), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Elec COde § 241.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle C - Contests in Other Tribunals|Chapter 241 - Contest for State Senator or Representative|Section 241.004. Answer

Sec. 241.004.  ANSWER.  (a)  The contestee must reply to the contestant's petition in an answer in the same manner as an answer to a petition in an election contest in the district court.(b)  The contestee must file the answer with the secretary of state not later than the seventh day after the date the contestee receives the copy of the petition.  The contestee must deliver a copy of the answer to the contestant by the same deadline.(c)  Section 1.006 does not apply to this section.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 759, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Elec COde § 241.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle C - Contests in Other Tribunals|Chapter 241 - Contest for State Senator or Representative|Section 241.005. Method of Delivering Contest Papers to Parties

Sec. 241.005.  METHOD OF DELIVERING CONTEST PAPERS TO PARTIES.  (a)  The copies of the petition and answer must be delivered to the parties by:(1)  personal delivery;  or(2)  registered or certified mail, return receipt requested.(b)  Any adult resident of the state may perform the personal delivery.  If the party to whom delivery is intended cannot be found in the party's county of residence, the delivery may be completed by leaving the document at the party's usual place of abode or business with a person who is 16 years of age or older.(c)  Personal delivery of a copy of an answer is sufficient if it is delivered to the contestant's attorney of record or left at the attorney's regular office with a person who is 16 years of age or older.(d)  A copy of a petition delivered by mail must be marked for restricted delivery to the addressee only.  The delivery is sufficient if the copy is mailed to the contestee's regular residence or business address.(e)  If the contestant's petition states an address to which the copy of the answer is to be delivered, a copy delivered by mail must be mailed to that address.  Otherwise, delivery of a copy of an answer by mail is sufficient if the copy is mailed to the contestant at the contestant's regular residence or business address or to the contestant's attorney of record at the attorney's regular business address.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 241.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle C - Contests in Other Tribunals|Chapter 241 - Contest for State Senator or Representative|Section 241.006. Delivery of Contest Papers to Presiding Officer

Sec. 241.006.  DELIVERY OF CONTEST PAPERS TO PRESIDING OFFICER.  (a)  On receipt of a petition or answer, the secretary of state shall enter the date of filing on the document.  If the document is filed by mail, the secretary shall attach to the document the envelope in which it was mailed.(b)  The secretary of state shall deliver a petition to the president of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives, as appropriate, as soon as possible but not later than the day after the date the petition is received.  The secretary shall deliver an answer to the appropriate presiding officer as soon as possible but not later than the day after the date of its receipt.(c)  The secretary of state shall deliver with the petition the secretary's certified statement of the total votes cast for each candidate for the office as shown by the final canvass.  If the final canvass has not been completed, the statement shall be delivered as soon as practicable thereafter.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 759, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Elec COde § 241.0061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle C - Contests in Other Tribunals|Chapter 241 - Contest for State Senator or Representative|Section 241.0061. Security for Costs

Sec. 241.0061.  SECURITY FOR COSTS.  (a)  Not later than the third day after the date the contestee's answer is received by the presiding officer of the house having jurisdiction, the contestant must file with the secretary of the senate or chief clerk of the house of representatives, as appropriate:(1)  a cost bond payable to the appropriate house and to the contestee in the amount of $5,000, having sufficient sureties approved by the presiding officer, and conditioned that the contestant will pay all costs of the contest assessed against the contestant;(2)  a cash deposit in lieu of bond;  or(3)  an affidavit of inability to pay costs.(b)  Security for costs must be filed under Subsection (a), and an affidavit of inability to pay costs may be contested, in the manner generally applicable to a civil suit in the district court, subject to any changes imposed by the master or by rules of the house having jurisdiction.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 759, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 231, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Elec COde § 241.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle C - Contests in Other Tribunals|Chapter 241 - Contest for State Senator or Representative|Section 241.007. Runoff Delayed

Sec. 241.007.  RUNOFF DELAYED.  (a)  If a special election for which a runoff is necessary according to the official result is contested, the secretary of state shall promptly notify the governor in writing of the contest when the canvass is completed or the petition is received, whichever is later.(b)  The governor shall delay ordering the runoff pending the outcome of the contest.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 241.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle C - Contests in Other Tribunals|Chapter 241 - Contest for State Senator or Representative|Section 241.008. Presiding Officer as Party

Sec. 241.008.  PRESIDING OFFICER AS PARTY.  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.|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.|
TX Elec COde § 241.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle C - Contests in Other Tribunals|Chapter 241 - Contest for State Senator or Representative|Section 241.009. Master of Discovery

Sec. 241.009.  MASTER OF DISCOVERY.  (a)  As soon as practicable after receiving the contestee's answer, the presiding officer of the house having jurisdiction shall appoint a master of discovery to supervise discovery proceedings and the taking of depositions, to issue any necessary process, to receive and report evidence, and to perform any other duties assigned by the presiding officer or by the committee to which the contest is referred.(b)  The master must be a member of the house in which the contest is pending.(c)  The presiding officer or the committee may limit the master's authority in the same manner as a civil court in appointing a master in chancery.(d)  The master acts under the direction of the presiding officer before the case is referred to a committee and acts under the direction of the committee after the referral.(e)  The master's rulings are subject to review by the committee to which the contest is referred unless otherwise provided by rules of the house.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 759, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Elec COde § 241.0091 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle C - Contests in Other Tribunals|Chapter 241 - Contest for State Senator or Representative|Section 241.0091. Frivolous Petition

Sec. 241.0091.  FRIVOLOUS PETITION.  (a)  The master may on the master's own motion, or shall on the motion of the committee, determine whether the contestant's petition is frivolous or otherwise does not state the grounds necessary to maintain the contest.(b)  After making a determination under Subsection (a), the master shall promptly deliver to the committee a report stating the findings.  The report to the committee may include any recommendation the master considers appropriate.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 759, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 233, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Elec COde § 241.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle C - Contests in Other Tribunals|Chapter 241 - Contest for State Senator or Representative|Section 241.010. Discovery and Depositions

Sec. 241.010.  DISCOVERY AND DEPOSITIONS.  (a)  Any party to a contest may conduct discovery and take depositions under the procedures applicable to a civil suit in the district court, subject to changes in those procedures or limitations imposed by the master or by rules of the house in which the contest is pending.(b)  Each party is responsible for the initial payment of the party's costs of discovery and taking depositions, but the costs may be assessed as provided by Section 241.025.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|