{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-62.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 62.005","heading":"EXAMINING BALLOT BOXES.","body":"Text of section prior to the amendments made by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025. Applies to elections ordered before the date the Secretary of State issues the report required by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 32, eff. September 1, 2025.\nAn election officer shall open and examine the ballot boxes and remove any contents from the boxes.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 6. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 62. PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.62.htm#62.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"55770f1328637754326397556bd26aaece3e0d042334fcfe62a42725adf5ceff","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-62.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-62.005-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}