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2025 Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 16 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter 273 - Criminal Investigation and Other Enforcement Proceedings
Subchapter C. Examination of Ballots by Grand Jury
Section 273.042. Order by District Judge
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TX Elec COde § 273.042 (2025)
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Sec. 273.042. ORDER BY DISTRICT JUDGE. On request of a grand jury for an examination of voted ballots, a district judge may order the custodian of the ballots and the custodian of the keys to the ballot boxes to deliver the ballot boxes and the keys to the grand jury.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1078, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 56, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
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