(a) The authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared shall certify in writing that a candidate is unopposed for election to an office if:
- (1) only one candidate's name is to be placed on the ballot for that office under Section 52.003; and
- (2) no candidate's name is to be placed on a list of write-in candidates for that office under applicable law.
- (b) The certification shall be delivered to the governing body of the political subdivision as soon as possible after the filing deadlines for placement on the ballot and list of write-in candidates.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 667, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.