Tex. Elec. Code § 172.113 · Subchapter E. CONDUCT OF ELECTION
UNOFFICIAL TABULATION OF PRECINCT RESULTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The authority establishing a central counting station shall prepare the unofficial tabulation of precinct results.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 64(2), eff. September 1, 2017.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 64(2), eff. September 1, 2017.
(d) The authority shall make periodic announcements of the current state of the tabulation, including by posting the announcements on the Internet website of the county, if the county maintains a website.
(e) On completing the tabulation, the authority shall:
(1) deliver it to the general custodian; or
(2) post the tabulation on:
(A) the county's website; and
(B) if required by secretary of state rule, the secretary of state's website.
(f) A person employed to assist in the preparation of the unofficial tabulation is entitled to compensation at the same rate as an election clerk serving in the election.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 146, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 34, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 64(2), eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1131 (H.B. 2640), Sec. 24, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 6.003, eff. September 1, 2021.
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.172.htm
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