Tex. Elec. Code § 61.031 · Subchapter B. INTERPRETER
USE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an election officer may not use a language other than English in performing an official duty in connection with the election.
(b) If a voter cannot communicate in English, an election officer may communicate with the voter in a language that the voter and the officer understand.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.61.htm
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- sha256 fa69912054b057642fbdb61802f57b286db500959b6f4ab61d58ee61c7dbf810
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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