Tex. Election Code § 215.001: PAYMENT OF COSTS.

(a) The authority responsible for paying the expenses of an election in which a recount is conducted shall pay the costs of the recount.

(b) The fund from which a payment is made for a cost that is assessed against a person shall be reimbursed from the money received from that person.

(c) Claims for compensation of members of a recount committee and other costs incurred by a recount supervisor are payable on certification of the costs by the supervisor.

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