{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-66.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 66.001","heading":"GENERAL CUSTODIAN OF ELECTION RECORDS.","body":"The general custodian of election records is:\n(1) the county clerk of each county wholly or partly situated in the territory covered by the election, for an election ordered by the governor or by a county authority or for a primary election;\n(2) the city secretary, for an election ordered by a city authority; and\n(3) the secretary of the political subdivision's governing body or, if the governing body has no secretary, the governing body's presiding officer, for an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision other than a county or city.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 6. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 66. DISPOSITION OF RECORDS AND SUPPLIES AFTER ELECTION","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.66.htm#66.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"1b3a5a3a87a04ed705e529108df7b222e3f697d0123b7a87dcb978480970df22","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-65.060","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-66.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}