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In case of a tie for an elective public office between two or more candidates, the Commission shall hold a new election between the tied candidates. Said election shall be held not later than thirty (30) days after the general canvass of the election concerned is concluded. The Governor and the Legislative Assembly shall appropriate any additional funds necessary to defray the costs of such election; thus, fund advances, incurring debt, or applying for an emergency credit line is hereby authorized in order to carry out the election within the term fixed while the aforementioned appropriation is processed.\nIn the event of a tie for the office of municipal legislator between two or more candidates, a new election shall not be held, but the candidate to be certified as elected shall be the one who appeared first according to the order in which they were placed on the ballot. If the tie were between candidates of different political parties, the candidate to be certified as elected shall be that of the political party that polled the greatest number of votes under their insignia on the municipal ballot.\nHistory —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 10.011.