Sec. 215.005. ADMINISTRATION OF COSTS. (a) The recount coordinator shall determine the allocation of the costs of a recount and dispose of the recount deposits. The coordinator shall make the disposition as soon as practicable after a recount is completed.
(b) In a recount of an election for which there is no canvass at the state level, other than a primary election, the recount coordinator shall place the deposit of a person against whom costs are assessed in the fund from which the expenses of the recount are payable. If the person is entitled to a refund, the authority receiving the deposit shall issue a warrant in the appropriate amount to the person.
(c) In a recount of an election for which the final canvass is at the state level, other than a primary election, the recount coordinator shall deliver the deposit of a person against whom costs are assessed to the comptroller of public accounts, who shall place the deposit in trust. The comptroller shall issue a warrant in the amount certified by the coordinator to each county in which assessed costs were incurred and to the person for any refund to which the person is entitled.
(d) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures for the administration of costs of a recount in a primary election.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 6.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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