- (a) Section 123.033 of the Texas Election Code provides for the rental rate that a county may charge for the use of its equipment. (The rental rates $5 for each unit of tabulating equipment and $5 for each complete unit which makes up a DRE.)
- (b) In addition to subsection (a) of this section, the county primary fund may be used to pay the actual expenses incurred by the county in transporting, preparing, programming, and testing the necessary equipment, as well as for staffing the central counting station.
- (c) The county chair shall submit all calculations for amounts charged for the use of county-owned and non-county-owned equipment to the Secretary of State for review with the 2010 Final Cost Report.
- (d) The county chair shall not use primary funds to pay expenses related to the use of non county-owned equipment, including, but not limited to, ballot boxes and voting booths, without written permission from the Secretary of State. The county chair must immediately notify the Secretary of State if a line item amount will exceed the cost provided on the initial primary cost estimate. This notice must include a new estimate with respect to the increased cost. The notice required by this subsection must be in writing.
Source Note:The provisions of this §81.130 adopted to be effective December 13, 2009, 34 TexReg 8665.