Sec. 159.001. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to: (1) a county officer or candidate for a county office of a county with a population of 100,000 or more; or (2) a justice of the peace or a candidate for the office of justice of the peace of a county with a population of 125,000 or more. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1134, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 480 (H.B. 2468), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.