Sec. 221.014. 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.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Introductory Provisions
Chapter 221 - General Provisions
Section 221.001. Applicability of Title
Section 221.003. Scope of Inquiry
Section 221.004. Default Judgment Not Allowed
Section 221.005. Date of Determination of Official Result of Election
Section 221.006. Effect of Contest on Canvass
Section 221.007. Contestee in Contest Filed Before Final Canvass
Section 221.008. Examination of Secured Ballots and Equipment
Section 221.009. Compelling Voter to Reveal Vote
Section 221.010. Secondary Evidence for Unavailable Ballots
Section 221.011. Illegal Votes Subtracted
Section 221.012. Tribunal's Action on Contest
Section 221.013. Costs of Contest When Election Declared Void
Section 221.014. Expenses of New Election Ordered in Election Contest
Section 221.015. Right to Occupy Office Involved in Contest
Section 221.016. Preservation of Contest Papers
Section 221.017. Effect of Statutes Outside Code
Section 221.018. Examination of Certain Confidential Information