Texas § EL.221.014 - EXPENSES OF NEW ELECTION ORDERED IN ELECTION CONTEST
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§ EL.221.014. EXPENSES OF NEW ELECTION ORDERED IN ELECTION CONTEST
EXPENSES OF NEW ELECTION ORDERED IN ELECTION CONTEST. (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the expenses of a new election ordered by a tribunal in an election contest are paid from the same fund and by the same authority that paid the expenses of the contested election. (b) The county shall pay the expenses of a new election ordered in the contest of a local option election that was financed from money deposited by the applicants for the petition requesting the election. (c) In any other case in which petitioners for a contested election were required to make a deposit to be used, conditionally or unconditionally, for paying the election expenses, the district court shall determine the allocation of the expenses of the contested election and new election. (d) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures for payment of the expenses of a court-ordered primary election. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1235 (S.B. 1970 ), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2009.
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