Texas Election Code

§ 214.051 — DISPOSITION OF RECOUNT RETURNS

EL § 214.051Title 13. RECOUNTS · Ch. 214. COUNTING PROCEDURES · Art. C. BALLOTS COUNTED BY AUTOMATIC TABULATING EQUIPMENT

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(a)After the recount committee certifies the recount returns for a precinct, a member of the committee shall place the copy of the returns in the ballot box containing the voted ballots and shall deliver the original to the recount committee chair.

(b)The recount committee chair shall use the returns received from the recount committee in preparing the committee report of the recount. The chair shall attach the recount returns to the copy of the committee report that is to be delivered to the recount supervisor. The attached returns are part of the report.

Legislative history

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 226, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.