Tex. Gov't Code § 401.081

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 401.081 - Succession of Governor-Elect and Lieutenant Governor-Elect

The speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tem of the senate shall call a joint session of the house of representatives and the senate for the purpose of electing a governor and a lieutenant governor if:

(1) the governor-elect and the lieutenant governor-elect die or are permanently incapacitated to take their oaths of office at the time the legislature canvasses the election returns for governor and lieutenant governor; and

(2) the legislature finds that the governor-elect and the lieutenant governor-elect are not able to take the oath of office and to fulfill the duties of office.

Tex. Gov't. Code § 401.081

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. 9/1/1993.