Tex. Election Code § 173.084
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 173.084, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 173.084. EXPENSE REPORT BY PARTY.
Official statutory text
(a) Regardless of whether state funds are requested for paying primary expenses, each county chair and state chair shall prepare a report that includes:
(1) an itemized list of the actual expenses incurred in connection with the general and runoff primaries by the authority preparing the report and by the executive committee over which the authority presides;
(2) the amount of the primary candidates' filing fees required to be deposited in the county primary fund if the report is by a county chair, or in the state primary fund if the report is by the state chair;
(3) the amount of filing fees that have been refunded;
(4) the amount of the contributions to the executive committee over which the authority preparing the report presides that:
(A) are for the purpose of defraying primary election expenses; and
(B) have not been included in a report filed under this section for a previous primary election year; and
(5) the balance in the county primary fund if the report is by a county chair, or in the state primary fund if the report is by the state chair, that remains after deducting the primary election expenses actually incurred and the refunded filing fees.
(b) The authority preparing the report shall file it with the secretary of state not later than August 31 following the applicable primary election, in the case of the county chair's report, or if no runoff primary is held for a statewide or district office, in the case of the state chair's report.
(b-1) The secretary for good cause, including failure of a vendor or a county election officer contracted to conduct the election to provide complete invoices in a timely fashion, may extend the filing deadline.
(c) The report must be sworn to by the authority preparing it.
(d) Any compensation claimed under Section 173.004 shall be forfeited on the failure of a county chair to file a timely report.
(1) an itemized list of the actual expenses incurred in connection with the general and runoff primaries by the authority preparing the report and by the executive committee over which the authority presides;
(2) the amount of the primary candidates' filing fees required to be deposited in the county primary fund if the report is by a county chair, or in the state primary fund if the report is by the state chair;
(3) the amount of filing fees that have been refunded;
(4) the amount of the contributions to the executive committee over which the authority preparing the report presides that:
(A) are for the purpose of defraying primary election expenses; and
(B) have not been included in a report filed under this section for a previous primary election year; and
(5) the balance in the county primary fund if the report is by a county chair, or in the state primary fund if the report is by the state chair, that remains after deducting the primary election expenses actually incurred and the refunded filing fees.
(b) The authority preparing the report shall file it with the secretary of state not later than August 31 following the applicable primary election, in the case of the county chair's report, or if no runoff primary is held for a statewide or district office, in the case of the state chair's report.
(b-1) The secretary for good cause, including failure of a vendor or a county election officer contracted to conduct the election to provide complete invoices in a timely fashion, may extend the filing deadline.
(c) The report must be sworn to by the authority preparing it.
(d) Any compensation claimed under Section 173.004 shall be forfeited on the failure of a county chair to file a timely report.
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