Sec. 51.033. NUMBER AND USE OF BALLOT BOXES. (a) Four ballot boxes shall be used at each polling place in an election and shall be marked as follows:

(1) "Ballot Box No. 1 for Election Precinct No. ________";

(2) "Ballot Box No. 2 for Election Precinct No. ________";

(3) "Ballot Box No. 3 for Election Precinct No. ________"; and

(4) "Ballot Box No. 4 for Election Precinct No. ________".

(b) If an election precinct is designated by name instead of number, the name of the precinct shall be marked on the box.

(c) Ballot boxes no. 1 and no. 2 are used for the deposit of voters' marked ballots.

(d) Ballot box no. 3 is used for delivering the voted ballots to their custodian after they are counted and for storing the voted ballots during the preservation period.

(e) Ballot box no. 4 is used for delivering defectively printed, spoiled, and unused ballots to their custodian after the election.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.