Tex. Government Code § 652.026
VACANCY DURING TRANSITION PERIOD
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- Tex. Government Code § 652.026, VACANCY DURING TRANSITION PERIOD, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/657944
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(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.