{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-62.005-2","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 62.005 (2)","heading":"EXAMINING BALLOT BOXES.","body":"Text of section as amended by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025. Applies to elections ordered on or after 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.\nOn the first day of voting at a polling place during early voting or on election day, an 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.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.","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":"2a597f3e498a114c0a1a46b1730e42fd45fe2c5ca7200dae4adbe2fd13e2d0df","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-62.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-62.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}