Sec. 201.028.  DECEASED OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE RECEIVING VOTE REQUIRED FOR ELECTION.  If a deceased or ineligible candidate receives the vote required for election to an office, a vacancy occurs on the date the final canvass of the election is completed.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.