- (a) Pursuant to §173.004 of the Texas Election Code, a county chair may receive compensation for administering primary elections. (Note: In calculating the county chair's compensation, ballot reprints, legal fees, programming errors, reprogramming costs or similar corrective measures will not be included in the formula for determining the county chair's compensation. Additionally, costs for contracted services, including, but not limited to, voting system usage fees, will be deducted from the total primary election costs when calculating the county chair's compensation.)
- (b) The SOS shall not authorize payment under this section until the county party's Final Primary Election Cost Report has been received, including the necessary supporting documentation required in §81.107 of this title (relating to Primary-Fund Records), and approved by the SOS. The SOS shall notify the county chair of the approval, including the approved costs by line item.
- (c) After all other expenses have been paid, the county chair shall be paid with a check drawn on the county's primary-fund account.
- (d) The SOS may deny compensation to county chairs who file delinquent final-cost reports.
Source Note:The provisions of this §81.119 adopted to be effective December 13, 2009, 34 TexReg 8665; amended to be effective March 7, 2012, 37 TexReg 1483.