{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-33.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 33.055","heading":"HOURS OF SERVICE AT CENTRAL COUNTING STATION.","body":"(a) A watcher serving at a central counting station may be present at any time the station is open for the purpose of processing or preparing to process election results and until the election officers complete their duties at the station. The watcher may serve during the hours the watcher chooses, except as provided by Subsection (b).\n(b) A watcher may not leave during voting hours on election day without the presiding judge's permission if the counting of ballots at the central counting station has begun.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 3. ELECTION OFFICERS AND OBSERVERS","CHAPTER 33. WATCHERS","SUBCHAPTER C. SERVICE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.33.htm#33.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"ef77eb7c77dda7bc672a771e8bddcdd25db349ceda5cb1cd19a3d3e1e6982d4d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-33.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-33.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}