2025 Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 3 - Election Officers and Observers
Chapter 31 - Officers to Administer Elections
Subchapter A. Secretary of State
Section 31.0021. Certain Official Forms: Inclusion of Nepotism Information

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TX Elec COde § 31.0021 (2025)
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Sec. 31.0021. CERTAIN OFFICIAL FORMS: INCLUSION OF NEPOTISM INFORMATION. (a) On forms designed and furnished by the secretary of state for an application for a place on the ballot, the secretary shall include a brief summary of:

(1) the nepotism prohibition imposed by Chapter 573, Government Code; and

(2) a list of the specific kinds of relatives that are included within the prohibited degrees of relationship prescribed by Chapter 573, Government Code.

(b) Any other authority that designs and furnishes an application for a place on the ballot shall include on that form the same summary included on forms prescribed by the secretary of state under Subsection (a).

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 427, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(25), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1107 (H.B. 2309), Sec. 1.09, eff. September 1, 2005.

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