1. (a) Before the county chair may make final payment, the county election officer must submit to the county chair an accounting of actual costs incurred in performance of the election-services contract for the joint-primary election. This must be included with the Final Primary Election Cost Report.
2. (b) The SOS may only reimburse actual costs incurred by the county and payable pursuant to provisions of the Texas Election Code, a joint primary contract, or an administrative rule.
3. (c) The SOS may only reimburse actual costs incurred by the county and payable pursuant to provisions of the Texas Election Code, a joint primary contract, or an administrative rule.
4. (d) If the joint elections agreement requires the county elections officer to directly pay the costs associated with the joint election, then the county chair shall remit the total amount of state funds forwarded to the county chair pursuant to Section B of the Primary Election Final Cost Estimate to the county election officer no later than the fifth day after receipt of the funds.
5. (e) The cost estimate may not provide for reimbursement for training of election workers or for materials provided by the SOS.
6. (f) The county may not reimburse from primary-election funds, regular pay for personnel normally employed by the county.
7. (g) The joint resolution for the primary elections may not provide for any salary or compensation for the county election officer for the performance of any statutory duty or service. (Note: Joint Primary Election Agreements do not count against the administrative salary limits set out under §81.123 of this title (relating to Administrative Personnel and Overall Administrative Costs Limited).)

Source Note:The provisions of this §81.157 adopted to be effective December 13, 2009, 34 TexReg 8665; amended to be effective March 7, 2012, 37 TexReg 1483.