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Texas Election Code - Section 214.045. Composition Of Committee

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§ 214.045. COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEE.  (a) The recount 
committee chair shall designate one member of the recount committee 
for an electronic recount to operate the automatic tabulating 
equipment.  In this subchapter, "recount tabulator" means the 
member designated to operate the equipment.
	(b)  In a recount of ballots originally counted at a central 
counting station, the recount tabulator must be the tabulation 
supervisor of the station, an assistant to the supervisor, or a 
person approved by the supervisor.
	(c)  In a recount of ballots originally counted at a polling 
place, the recount tabulator must be a person who has served as an 
election officer at a polling place using the type of equipment on 
which the recount is made and must have had experience in operating 
the equipment.
	(d)  At least one member of the recount committee other than 
the recount tabulator must have had experience in operating the 
type of equipment on which the recount is made.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, § 223, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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