Tex. Election Code § 31.095: DELEGATION TO DEPUTIES.

(a) The county election officer may assign deputies to perform any of the contracted services.

(b) In a county not having the office of county elections administrator, the county clerk or county tax assessor-collector, as appropriate, may delegate to the deputy in charge of the officer's elections division the authority to enter into election services contracts and to supervise their performance.

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