Sec. 143.008.  EXTENDED FILING DEADLINE FOR CERTAIN OFFICES.  (a)  This section applies only to an office with a four-year term.
(b)  If at the deadline prescribed by Section 143.007 no candidate has filed an application for a place on the ballot for an office, the filing deadline for that office is extended to 5 p.m. of the 57th day before election day.
(c)  This section does not apply to an election to be held on the date of the general election for state and county officers.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 133, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 925, Sec. 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
Amended by: 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1109 (H.B. 2339), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.