Texas Constitution

Article XVI, § 13 — UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE

Texas Const. art. XVI, § 13

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Tex. Const. art. XVI, § 13.

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For an office for which this constitution requires an election, the legislature may provide by general law for a person to take the office without an election if the person is the only candidate to qualify in an election to be held for that office. (Former Sec. 13 repealed Aug. 5, 1969; current Sec. 13 added Sept. 13, 2003.) Sec. 13A. UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. For an office of a political subdivision for which this constitution requires an election, the legislature may provide by general law for a person to assume the office without an election if the person is the only candidate to qualify in an election to be held for that office.

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History

Added Sept. 13, 2003.