Sec. 202.005.  NOMINATION BY CONVENTION.  A political party's nominee for an unexpired term must be nominated by the appropriate party convention if:
(1)  the political party is making nominations by convention for the general election in which the vacancy is to be filled;  and
(2)  the vacancy occurs on or before the fourth day before the date the convention convenes.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.