Sec. 66.055. JUDICIAL IMPOUNDMENT OF ELECTION RECORDS. (a) If the precinct election records are not delivered by the deadline prescribed by Section 66.053(c), on application by a member of the canvassing authority, a district judge shall order the precinct election records to be impounded.
(b) The district judge shall supervise the activities necessary to complete the count, prepare the precinct returns, and distribute the records.
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