Sec. 221.006.  EFFECT OF CONTEST ON CANVASS.  Except as otherwise provided by this title, the filing of an election contest before the canvass of the contested election is completed does not affect the canvassing process, and the result of the election shall be determined and certified as if the contest had not been filed.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.