{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-173.0831","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 173.0831","heading":"STATE PAYMENT OF START-UP PRIMARY FUNDS.","body":"(a) Not later than the 30th day before the beginning date of the regular filing period for public offices in the general primary election, a county chair may submit to the secretary of state a written statement of estimated primary election expenses.\n(b) Not later than the 10th day after the date the statement is received, the secretary of state shall have disbursed to the county chair start-up funds in an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount approved for and expended by the county chair and executive committee in the preceding general primary election.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 68, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 169, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 10. POLITICAL PARTIES","SUBTITLE B. PARTIES NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION","CHAPTER 173. PRIMARY ELECTION FINANCING","SUBCHAPTER D. STATE FINANCING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.173.htm#173.0831","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"2c4dd68bf972dcb0efa184d88e7f5d5b671f37919c2a260c578f2afc66d3220b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-173.083","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-173.0832"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}