Texas § 73.014 ELECTION RESULTS; RELOCATION OF COUNTY SEAT.

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§ 73.014 — ELECTION RESULTS; RELOCATION OF COUNTY SEAT.

Texas § 73.014

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Tex. Local Government Code Code Ann. § 73.014 (2026).

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Sec. 73.014. ELECTION RESULTS; RELOCATION OF COUNTY SEAT.

(a)Within 10 days after the date the relocation election is held, the officers who conduct the election shall bring the election returns to the county judge or the county commissioners who ordered the election.

(b)The county judge or county commissioners shall tabulate the returns and declare the result.

(c)In the records of the commissioners court, the county judge or county commissioners shall enter the result of the election, the name of the original site of the county seat, and the name of the new site if the election results in relocation.

(d)A certified copy of the entry shall be recorded in the county deed records.

(e)After the entry is made, a county seat that is changed by the election is relocated to the new site.

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Sec. 73.014. ELECTION RESULTS; RELOCATION OF COUNTY SEAT. (a) Within 10 days after the date the relocation election is held, the officers who conduct the election shall bring the election returns to the county judge or the county commissioners who ordered the election.
(b) The county judge or county commissioners shall tabulate the returns and declare the result.
(c) In the records of the commissioners court, the county judge or county commissioners shall enter the result of the election, the name of the original site of the county seat, and the name of the new site if the election results in relocation.
(d) A certified copy of the entry shall be recorded in the county deed records.
(e) After the entry is made, a county seat that is changed by the election is relocated to the new site.