Texas Election Code 233.003 – Contestee
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(a) The contestee must be at least one of the following:
(1) the presiding officer of the final canvassing authority for the contested election;
(2) the presiding officer of the authority that ordered the contested election or the ordering authority, if ordered by an individual; or
(3) if the person specified by Subdivision (1) or (2) is incapacitated or cannot act for any other reason, another member of the specified authority.
(b) The secretary of state must be a contestee in a contest of an election on a proposed constitutional amendment or any other statewide measure submitted by the legislature.
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 233.003
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Measure: means a question or proposal submitted in an election for an expression of the voters' will. See Texas Election Code 1.005
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
(c) The costs of an election contest may not be assessed against a contestee specified by this section or against the governmental or political entity the contestee represents.
(d) A contestee specified by this section may not be required to give bond on appeal.