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