Tex. Elec. Code § 127.067 · Subchapter C. SEALED BALLOT BOXES
DISPOSITION OF ELECTION RECORDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An election officer shall place the precinct election records in the appropriate envelopes or other containers provided for that purpose.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the precinct election records shall be delivered to the presiding judge of the central counting station with the delivery of the last sealed ballot box.
(c) The appropriate election records shall be retained by the presiding judge or placed in ballot box no. 4, as applicable, in the same manner as for a polling place using regular paper ballots.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.127.htm
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