Tex. Elec. Code § 214.002
(b) The count shall be made, and the correctness of the tally lists shall be certified, in the same manner as an original count of regular paper ballots, except that:
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 76, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.