Section 652.026 - Vacancy During Transition Period(a) If a vacancy first occurs during the transition period, the incumbent governor may appoint an individual to fill the vacancy only for a partial term expiring February 1 following the occurrence of the vacancy.(b) This section does not apply to: (1) a vacancy for which Article V of the Texas Constitution prescribes a different term; or(2) an appointee of an incumbent governor if the secretary of state proclaims that, according to the secretary's count of the returns from the general election, the governor is reelected.Tex. Gov't. Code § 652.026
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.