Tex. Election Code § 51.010
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 51.010, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 51.010. FAILURE TO DISTRIBUTE OR DELIVER SUPPLIES.
Official statutory text
(a) A person commits an offense if the person is responsible for distributing election supplies for an election and intentionally fails to distribute any of the supplies by the deadline prescribed by Section 51.004(b).
(b) A person commits an offense if the person is entrusted with the delivery of election supplies for use at polling places and intentionally fails to deliver any of the supplies within the time specified by the person who entrusted the delivery to the person.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person is entrusted with the delivery of election supplies for use at polling places and intentionally fails to deliver any of the supplies within the time specified by the person who entrusted the delivery to the person.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
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