Texas Election Code 215.006 – Maintaining Record of Costs
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(a) A recount supervisor shall maintain records of the assessable recount costs incurred in the supervisor’s jurisdiction.
(b) If more than one person requests a recount of precincts in a recount supervisor’s jurisdiction, the records must be maintained to enable a determination of the costs attributable to each person.
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 215.006
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) If more than one person requests a recount of precincts that are recounted at the same stage, the recount supervisor may record the costs attributable to each person on the basis of an estimate, taking into account the number of precincts requested by each person, the number of votes cast in each precinct, or any other relevant factor.