Tex. Election Code § 212.113
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 212.113, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 212.113. RETURN OF DEPOSIT.
Official statutory text
(a) On rejection of a recount document, the recount coordinator shall return the recount deposit to the person who submitted the document.
(b) On the timely withdrawal of a recount document, the recount coordinator shall return to the person who submitted the document the recount deposit less any necessary expenditures made toward the conduct of the recount before the request for withdrawal was received.
(c) The recount coordinator shall return to each person requesting a recount whose chosen counting method is not used under Section 212.005(d) the recount deposit less any necessary expenditures made toward the conduct of the recount before the other counting method was determined to be the preferential method.
(b) On the timely withdrawal of a recount document, the recount coordinator shall return to the person who submitted the document the recount deposit less any necessary expenditures made toward the conduct of the recount before the request for withdrawal was received.
(c) The recount coordinator shall return to each person requesting a recount whose chosen counting method is not used under Section 212.005(d) the recount deposit less any necessary expenditures made toward the conduct of the recount before the other counting method was determined to be the preferential method.
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