Sec. 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, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 223, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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