Sec. 247.001. PETITION ALLEGING FRAUD. This chapter applies to a civil suit in which a candidate in an election alleges in the petition that an opposing candidate, an agent of the opposing candidate, or a person acting on behalf of the opposing candidate with the candidate's knowledge violated any of the following sections of this code: (1) Section 13.007; (2) Section 64.012; (3) Section 64.036; (4) Section 84.003; (5) Section 84.0041; (6) Section 86.0051; (7) Section 86.006; (8) Section 86.010; (9) Section 276.013; and (10) Section 276.015. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 8.03, eff. December 2, 2021.