Texas Election Code 221.002 – Jurisdiction
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the district court has exclusive original jurisdiction of an election contest.
(b) The senate and the house of representatives, in joint session, have exclusive jurisdiction of a contest of a general election for governor, lieutenant governor, comptroller of public accounts, commissioner of the general land office, or attorney general.
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 221.002
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Comptroller: means the state comptroller of public accounts. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- General election: means an election, other than a primary election, that regularly recurs at fixed dates. See Texas Election Code 1.005
- Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Special election: means an election that is not a general election or a primary election. See Texas Election Code 1.005
(c) The senate has exclusive jurisdiction of a contest of a general or special election for state senator.
(d) The house of representatives has exclusive jurisdiction of a contest of a general or special election for state representative.
(e) The governor has exclusive jurisdiction of a contest of the election of presidential electors.
(f) The court of appeals has appellate jurisdiction of contests originating in the district court.