Texas Election Code

§ 66.001 — GENERAL CUSTODIAN OF ELECTION RECORDS

EL § 66.001Title 6. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS · Ch. 66. DISPOSITION OF RECORDS AND SUPPLIES AFTER ELECTION · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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The general custodian of election records is:

(1)the county clerk of each county wholly or partly situated in the territory covered by the election, for an election ordered by the governor or by a county authority or for a primary election;

(2)the city secretary, for an election ordered by a city authority; and

(3)the secretary of the political subdivision's governing body or, if the governing body has no secretary, the governing body's presiding officer, for an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision other than a county or city.

Legislative history

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.