1. (a) Immediately following final payment of necessary expenses for conducting the joint primary elections (but no later than July 1 of the last primary election), the county chair shall remit any surplus in the primary fund account to the county clerk/elections administrator. (The county chair shall remit the surplus regardless of whether state funds were requested by the chair.)
2. (b) The county clerk/elections administrator may use surplus funds received under this section to pay any remaining expenses related to the joint primary.
3. (c) After making final payment under subsection (b) of this section, the county clerk/elections administrator shall immediately remit any remaining funds to the Secretary of State. (In no event shall the county clerk/elections administrator remit these funds after August 1 following the final primary election for that county.)

Source Note:The provisions of this §81.155 adopted to be effective November 19, 2001, 26 TexReg 9084.