Texas Statutes § 171.023 Residence of Precinct Chair
Statute Text
(a)
To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as a precinct chair, a person must reside in the election precinct in addition to satisfying the other applicable eligibility requirements.
(b)
A change in a county election precinct boundary creates a vacancy in the office of precinct chair if more than one precinct chair resides in the changed precinct or if none resides there.
(c)
For the purpose of determining whether a precinct chair is a resident of a particular county election precinct, a change in a precinct boundary is not effective until February 1 following the adoption of the order making the change, except as provided by Subsection (d).
(d)
If a change in a precinct boundary made by an order adopted on or after February 1 of a primary election year is scheduled to become effective before general primary election day, the change is effective on the date the order is adopted for the purpose specified by Subsection (c).
History
Amended by Acts 1999 , 76th Leg., ch. 62 , Sec. 5.12 , eff. 9/1/1999 .
Amended by Acts 1997 , 75th Leg., ch. 864 , Sec. 115 , eff. 9/1/1997
Acts 1985 , 69th Leg., ch. 211 , Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1986 .
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