1. (a) A candidate's application for a place on a special election ballot must be filed not later than:

   1. (1) 5 p.m. of the 31st day before election day, if election day is on or after the 36th day after the date the election is ordered; or
   2. (2) 5 p.m. of a day fixed by the authority ordering the election, which day must be not earlier than the fifth day after the date the election is ordered and not later than the 20th day before election day, if election day is before the 36th day after the date the election is ordered.
2. (b) If a special election is to be held as an emergency election and a law outside this code prescribes a filing deadline, that deadline applies.
3. (c) The election order must state the filing deadline.
4. (d) An application may not be filed before the election is ordered.
5. (e) An application filed by mail is considered to be filed at the time of its receipt by the appropriate authority.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Renumbered from Election Code Sec. 201.055 by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 389, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.