CHAPTER 275. ELECTION FOR OFFICERS OF CITY WITH 200,000 POPULATION - Texas Statutes

ELECTION CODE

TITLE 16. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 275. ELECTION FOR OFFICERS OF CITY WITH 200,000

POPULATION

Sec. 275.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies

only to a city with a population of 200,000 or more.

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

Sec. 275.002. MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED. To be elected to a city

office, a candidate must receive a majority of the total number

of votes received by all candidates for the office.

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

Sec. 275.003. ELECTION BY PLACE REQUIRED. (a) When a city

attains a population of 200,000 or more, the city shall establish

a system of electing its governing body in accordance with this

section if in the city's general elections more than one member

of its governing body is elected from the same set of candidates.

(b) Not later than the 60th day before the date of the first

general election held in accordance with this section, the city's

governing body shall assign a place number to each position on

the governing body that is to be elected from the same territory

as another position, identifying it by the name of the incumbent

at the time the assignment is made.

(c) One person shall be elected to fill each position for which

a place number appears on the ballot.

(d) The city shall use the place system required by this section

until the city establishes another system of election that is

consistent with an election by majority vote.

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