{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-127.100","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 127.100","heading":"CUSTODY OF TEST MATERIALS.","body":"(a) The general custodian of election records is the custodian of the test materials following the completion of the first test of automatic tabulating equipment used in a central counting station and the test of automatic tabulating equipment used at a polling place. After the test materials are delivered to the presiding judge in accordance with Section 127.099(a-1), the presiding judge is the custodian of the test materials until they are delivered under Subsection (b).\n(b) The sealed container holding the test materials shall be delivered to the general custodian of election records with the delivery of the election returns prepared at the counting station.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1015 (S.B. 2166), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 8. VOTING SYSTEMS","CHAPTER 127. PROCESSING ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM RESULTS","SUBCHAPTER D. TESTING TABULATING EQUIPMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.127.htm#127.100","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"658a24f4b99faad6bbd28d28c361dd1fde03474a2ba93d18c2cfbe8850424b60","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-127.099","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-127.121"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}