Tex. Election Code § 51.036
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 51.036, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 51.036. CUSTODIAN OF EQUIPMENT.
Official statutory text
Except as otherwise provided by this code, the authority responsible for distributing election supplies for an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision is the custodian of the election equipment owned by the political subdivision.
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