{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-273.042","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 273.042","heading":"ORDER BY DISTRICT JUDGE.","body":"On request of a grand jury for an examination of voted ballots, a district judge may order the custodian of the ballots and the custodian of the keys to the ballot boxes to deliver the ballot boxes and the keys to the grand jury.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1078, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 56, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 16. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 273. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS","SUBCHAPTER C. EXAMINATION OF BALLOTS BY GRAND JURY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.273.htm#273.042","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"e0b6b7f579ed9440ce89c0ecc50c72e4b833d066be20af345cd0ae59eacaa363","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-273.041","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-273.043"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}