Texas Government Code 401.081 – Succession of Governor-Elect and Lieutenant Governor-Elect
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Terms Used In Texas Government Code 401.081
- Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together.
The speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tem of the senate shall call a joint session of the house of representatives and the senate for the purpose of electing a governor and a lieutenant governor if:
(1) the governor-elect and the lieutenant governor-elect die or are permanently incapacitated to take their oaths of office at the time the legislature canvasses the election returns for governor and lieutenant governor; and
(2) the legislature finds that the governor-elect and the lieutenant governor-elect are not able to take the oath of office and to fulfill the duties of office.