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2025 Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 5 - Election Supplies
Chapter 51 - Election Supplies
Subchapter A. Procuring, Allocating, and Distributing Election Supplies
Section 51.010. Failure to Distribute or Deliver Supplies

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TX Elec COde § 51.010 (2025)
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Sec. 51.010. FAILURE TO DISTRIBUTE OR DELIVER SUPPLIES. (a) A person commits an offense if the person is responsible for distributing election supplies for an election and intentionally fails to distribute any of the supplies by the deadline prescribed by Section 51.004(b).

(b) A person commits an offense if the person is entrusted with the delivery of election supplies for use at polling places and intentionally fails to deliver any of the supplies within the time specified by the person who entrusted the delivery to the person.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 46, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 567 (H.B. 1661), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.

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