{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-271.013","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 271.013","heading":"COMPENSATION OF JUDGES AND CLERKS.","body":"(a) Except as provided by this section, compensation for election officers serving at a common polling place in a joint election is the same as that paid to election officers serving at a regular polling place.\n(b) If the election records, keys, and supplies for a common polling place are to be delivered to different places for two or more participating political subdivisions:\n(1) compensation may be paid in the amount prescribed by this code for delivery, multiplied by the number of participating political subdivisions for which delivery is made to different locations; and\n(2) compensation may be paid to one election officer appointed to make the delivery or allocated evenly among the election officers who make the delivery.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 16. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 271. JOINT ELECTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.271.htm#271.013","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"03c7f1d3255574dbe055c2d77f05160dfeabad2d545d592a927a9edc07f97198","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-271.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-271.014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}