Tex. Election Code § 215.001
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 215.001, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 215.001. PAYMENT OF COSTS.
Official statutory text
(a) The authority responsible for paying the expenses of an election in which a recount is conducted shall pay the costs of the recount.
(b) The fund from which a payment is made for a cost that is assessed against a person shall be reimbursed from the money received from that person.
(c) Claims for compensation of members of a recount committee and other costs incurred by a recount supervisor are payable on certification of the costs by the supervisor.
(b) The fund from which a payment is made for a cost that is assessed against a person shall be reimbursed from the money received from that person.
(c) Claims for compensation of members of a recount committee and other costs incurred by a recount supervisor are payable on certification of the costs by the supervisor.
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