Sec. 215.002.  ASSESSABLE COSTS.  Only the following costs of a recount are assessable against a person:
(1)  compensation of members of a recount committee as provided by Section 213.004;
(2)  charges for use of automatic tabulating equipment as provided by Section 214.044;
(3)  a service charge of $15 for each recount supervisor involved in the recount as a reimbursement to the fund from which the telephone, postage, and other office expenses of the recount supervisor are paid;
(4)  in a recount of an election for which the final canvass is at the state level, a service charge of $15 for each recount supervisor involved in the recount plus an additional $50 as a reimbursement to the fund from which the telephone, postage, and other office expenses of the recount coordinator are paid; and
(5)  the actual expense incurred in producing a printed ballot image from an electronic voting system record.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 59, Sec. 20, eff. Oct. 20, 1987.
Amended by: 
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1178 (S.B. 910), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2013.