Tex. Elec. Code § 67.002 · Chapter 67. CANVASSING ELECTIONS
CANVASS OF PRECINCT RETURNS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the precinct election returns for each election shall be canvassed by the following authority:
(1) for an election ordered by the governor or by a county authority, the commissioners court of each county in which the election is held; and
(2) for an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision other than a county, the political subdivision's governing body.
(b) The canvass of precinct returns shall be conducted in accordance with this chapter except as otherwise provided by this code.
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.67.htm
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- 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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