Tex. Elec. Code § 66.057 · Subchapter C. DISPOSITION OF RECORDS AND SUPPLIES
REGULATING PUBLIC INSPECTION OF CERTAIN ELECTION RECORDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The election returns for a particular precinct that are delivered to the general custodian of election records do not become public information until the custodian completes the unofficial tabulation of the results for that precinct.
(b) The general custodian of election records or the custodian's designee shall be present at all times when the records delivered in ballot box no. 4 are inspected.
(c) The election records in envelope no. 3 become public information when delivery of the precinct election records is completed.
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. 65, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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.66.htm
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