Sec. 66.054. FAILURE TO DELIVER ELECTION RETURNS AND VOTED BALLOTS. (a) An election officer responsible for delivering precinct election returns or voted ballots commits an offense if the officer:
(1) fails to make the delivery to the appropriate authority;
(2) fails to make the delivery by the deadline prescribed by Section 66.053(c); or
(3) fails to prevent another person from handling in an unauthorized manner the returns or voted ballots that the officer is responsible for delivering while they are in the officer's custody.
(b) If the officer is an election clerk, it is an exception to the application of Subsection (a)(2) that the election clerk did not receive the returns from the presiding judge in time to permit a timely delivery.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Conduct of Elections
Chapter 66 - Disposition of Records and Supplies After Election
Subchapter C. Disposition of Records and Supplies
Section 66.051. Distribution of Election Records
Section 66.052. Delivery by Election Clerk
Section 66.053. Time for Delivering Election Records
Section 66.054. Failure to Deliver Election Returns and Voted Ballots
Section 66.055. Judicial Impoundment of Election Records
Section 66.056. Unofficial Tabulation of Precinct Results
Section 66.057. Regulating Public Inspection of Certain Election Records
Section 66.058. Preservation of Precinct Election Records
Section 66.059. Retrieving Erroneously Placed Election Records
Section 66.060. Delivery and Preservation of Key to Ballot Box No
Section 66.061. Custody of List of Registered Voters to Be Reused in Subsequent Election