Sec. 233.006.  FILING PERIOD FOR PETITION.  (a)  The contestant may not file the petition in the contest earlier than the day after election day.
(b)  Except as provided by Section 233.014, the contestant must file the petition not later than the later of the 30th day after the date the election records are publicly available under Section 1.012 or the official result of the contested election is determined.
(c)  The contestant must deliver a copy of the petition to the secretary of state by the same deadline prescribed for the filing of the petition.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1349, Sec. 70, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by: 
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1215 (S.B. 902), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019.