Tex. Local Government Code § 24.026
FILLING VACANCY ON GOVERNING BODY
Texas · Texas Local Government Code · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- Tex. Local Government Code § 24.026, FILLING VACANCY ON GOVERNING BODY, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/688422
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:688422@1- SHA-256
61102e3134103fb7f2d9922c2277646508db3ede9a9d7e2c2811632d537bf56a
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
(a) If the mayor or commissioner of a municipality dies or resigns, the other members of the governing body of the municipality shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy. A person serving as a member of the governing body is not, because of that service, ineligible to be appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of mayor of the municipality, but the person may not vote on the person's own appointment.
(b) If, because of death, resignation, failure to qualify, or other reason, vacancies exist in the offices of mayor and commissioner at the same time or in the offices of two commissioners at the same time, the county judge shall order a special election to fill the vacancies. The election is governed by the provisions applicable to an election under Subchapter A, Chapter 8.
(c) The county judge shall certify the results of the election to the clerk of the governing body and the clerk shall enter the results in the minutes.