Election Code §67.009

In force on Sep 01, 2019 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2019 · same as today's text

FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR COUNTY RETURNS

(a) Before each election for which county election returns are required, the secretary of state shall deliver to each county clerk in the territory covered by the election two copies of the officially prescribed form for reporting county election returns. The secretary shall also deliver two copies of the official form for the separate returns for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, if applicable. (b) With the delivery of the official county returns forms, the secretary of state shall deliver written instructions on the preparation and delivery of the county election returns.

History: Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1130 (H.B. 2628 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.

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