Constitution · Texas

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 13A

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Constitution of Texas
Text as of
October 2026

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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. (Added Sept. 13, 2003.)

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