Tex. Elec. Code § 221.013 · Chapter 221. GENERAL PROVISIONS
COSTS OF CONTEST WHEN ELECTION DECLARED VOID.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a contested election is declared void, the tribunal shall assess the costs of the contest equally against the contestant and the contestee unless the tribunal, for good cause stated in the order assessing the costs, determines that they should be assessed otherwise.
(b) Subsection (a) does not authorize assessment of costs against a contestee who is exempt from payment of costs by this title.
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
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.221.htm
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