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Texas Constitution talk:Article XVI, Section 65
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== add ? == 2002 changed since then ... Article XVI, section 65 of the Texas Constitution, before it was amended in 1999, required a staggered election schedule for the offices it listed, newly created offices as well as offices existing in 1954, when the constitutional provision was adopted. The 1999 amendment deleted the language requiring a staggered election schedule. A newly created office listed in article XVI, section 65, may not be placed on the ballot for any term other than four years, and the date when it would first be placed on the ballot would be determined by section 202.003 of the Election Code. In some cases, the section 202.003 date will conform to the election schedule for the office. If it does not, the legislature may continue the staggered election schedule for newly created article XVI, section 65 offices by providing in the legislation creating the office that the officeholder shall be elected to a four-year term at the first general election date that conforms to the election schedule, and that the vacancy that exists in the office from its creation shall be filled by appointment or as otherwise provided by law. https://www2.texasattorneygeneral.gov/opinions/opinions/49cornyn/op/2002/pdf/jc0519.pdf
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