Texas Statutes
§ 1063.055 — RUNOFF ELECTION.
Texas § 1063.055
JurisdictionTexas
Code SDSpecial District Local Laws Code
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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code Code Ann. § 1063.055 (2026).
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Sec. 1063.055. RUNOFF ELECTION.
(a)If no candidate for a particular director position at a regular directors' election receives a majority of the votes of the voters voting in that race, the board shall order a runoff election.
(b)At least seven days before the date of a runoff election, the board shall publish notice of the election one time in a newspaper or newspapers that individually or collectively have general circulation in the area of the runoff election.
(c)Of the names printed on the ballot at a runoff election, the name of the candidate who received the higher number of votes at the general election of directors must be printed first on the ballot.
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619 ), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2011.
Nearby Sections
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§ 1063.001
DEFINITIONS.§ 1063.002
AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION.§ 1063.003
ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.§ 1063.004
DISTRICT TERRITORY.§ 1063.051
BOARD ELECTION; TERM.§ 1063.052
QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.§ 1063.053
BALLOT PETITION.§ 1063.054
NOTICE OF ELECTION.§ 1063.055
RUNOFF ELECTION.§ 1063.056
BOARD VACANCY.§ 1063.057
OFFICERS.§ 1063.058
COMPENSATION.§ 1063.059
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