Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 652.024 - ExceptionsSection 652.023 does not apply to:
(1) an incumbent governor if the secretary of state proclaims that, according to the secretary's count of returns from the general election, the governor is reelected; or(2) a vacancy that: (A) first occurs after October 1 preceding the transition period and before the transition period begins;(B) is caused by the death of the officeholder; and(C) would not have occurred during the period described by Paragraph (A) by the expiration of the officeholder's term of office.Tex. Gov't. Code § 652.024
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.