ELECTION CODE

CHAPTER 3. ORDERING ELECTION


	§ 3.001.  ORDER REQUIRED.  Each general and special 
election shall be ordered as provided by this chapter.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.                     


	§ 3.002.  CONFLICTS WITH OTHER LAW.  A law outside this 
chapter supersedes this chapter to the extent of any conflict.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.                     


	§ 3.003.  ELECTION ORDERED BY GOVERNOR.  (a)  The 
governor shall order:   
		(1)  each general election for officers of the state 
government, members of the United States Congress, and electors for 
president and vice-president of the United States;
		(2)  each election on a proposed constitutional 
amendment;  and             
		(3)  each special election to fill a vacancy in the 
legislature or in congress.
	(b)  The order shall be made by proclamation.                                  
	(c)  Not later than the 36th day before election day, a copy 
of the proclamation ordering an election shall be mailed to the 
county judge of each county wholly or partly in the territory 
covered by the election.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.                     


	§ 3.004.  ELECTION OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.  (a)  The 
following authority shall order an election:
		(1)  the county judge, for the general election for 
officers of the county government;
		(2)  the mayor, for the general election for city 
officers in a city with a population of 1.9 million or more;  and
		(3)  the governing body of a political subdivision, 
other than a county or a city described by Subdivision (2), that has 
elective offices, for the general election for those officers.
	(b)  If a law providing for an election relating to the 
affairs of a political subdivision does not designate the authority 
responsible for ordering the election, the governing body of the 
political subdivision shall order the election.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 340, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.


	§ 3.005.  TIME FOR ORDERING ELECTION.  (a)  An election 
ordered by an authority of a political subdivision shall be ordered 
not later than the 62nd day before election day.
	(b)  This section supersedes a law outside this code to the 
extent of any conflict.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 925, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.


	§ 3.006.  CONTENTS OF ELECTION ORDER.  In addition to any 
other elements required to be included in an election order by other 
law, each election order must state the date of the election and the 
offices or measures to be voted on at the election.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.                     


	§ 3.007.  FAILURE TO ORDER GENERAL ELECTION.  Failure to 
order a general election does not affect the validity of the 
election.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.                     


	§ 3.008.  PRESERVATION OF ELECTION ORDER.  (a)  The 
authority ordering an election shall preserve the order, 
proclamation, or other document ordering the election for the 
period for preserving the precinct election records.
	(b)  For an election ordered by an authority of a political 
subdivision, the date and nature of each election shall be entered 
in the official records of the political subdivision's governing 
body.  For an election on a measure, the entry must include a 
description of the measure.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.