Sec. 202.005. NOMINATION BY CONVENTION. A political party's nominee for an unexpired term must be nominated by the appropriate party convention if:
(1) the political party is making nominations by convention for the general election in which the vacancy is to be filled; and
(2) the vacancy occurs on or before the fourth day before the date the convention convenes.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.