Tex. Election Code Section 173.084
Expense Report by Party

(a)

Regardless of whether state funds are requested for paying primary expenses, each county chair and state chair shall prepare a report that includes:

(1)

an itemized list of the actual expenses incurred in connection with the general and runoff primaries by the authority preparing the report and by the executive committee over which the authority presides;

(2)

the amount of the primary candidates’ filing fees required to be deposited in the county primary fund if the report is by a county chair, or in the state primary fund if the report is by the state chair;

(3)

the amount of filing fees that have been refunded;

(4)

the amount of the contributions to the executive committee over which the authority preparing the report presides that:

(A)

are for the purpose of defraying primary election expenses; and

(B)

have not been included in a report filed under this section for a previous primary election year; and

(5)

the balance in the county primary fund if the report is by a county chair, or in the state primary fund if the report is by the state chair, that remains after deducting the primary election expenses actually incurred and the refunded filing fees.

(b)

The authority preparing the report shall file it with the secretary of state not later than August 31 following the applicable primary election, in the case of the county chair’s report, or if no runoff primary is held for a statewide or district office, in the case of the state chair’s report.

(b-1)

The secretary for good cause, including failure of a vendor or a county election officer contracted to conduct the election to provide complete invoices in a timely fashion, may extend the filing deadline.

(c)

The report must be sworn to by the authority preparing it.

(d)

Any compensation claimed under Section 173.004 (State Compensation of County Chair and Secretary of County Executive Committee) shall be forfeited on the failure of a county chair to file a timely report.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 54, Sec. 12(g), eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 69, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 170, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 60, eff. September 1, 2017.

Source: Section 173.084 — Expense Report by Party, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.­173.­htm#173.­084 (accessed May 18, 2024).

173.001
State Funds for Primary Authorized 173.002
State Not Liable for Primary Expenses 173.003
Expenses Incurred by County 173.004
State Compensation of County Chair and Secretary of County Executive Committee 173.005
State Compensation for Training Election Judges 173.006
Authority to Reduce Primary Costs 173.007
Limiting State Compensation for Polling Places 173.008
Limiting State Compensation for Election Personnel 173.009
Deadline for Adopting Rules 173.010
Furnishing Rules and Guidelines 173.011
Financing of Joint Primary Elections Generally 173.031
County Primary Fund 173.032
State Primary Fund 173.033
Use of Primary Fund 173.034
Managing Primary Fund 173.035
Audit by Secretary of State 173.036
State Funds for Audit Requested by Party 173.061
Fee Paid to County Chair 173.062
Fee Paid to State Chair for District Offices Remitted to Secretary of State 173.063
Fee Retained by State Chair 173.081
Statement of Estimated Primary Expenses 173.082
Review of Statement 173.083
State Payment of Estimated Primary Expenses 173.084
Expense Report by Party 173.085
State Payment of Excess Primary Expenses 173.086
Challenge of Disbursement of State Funds 173.087
Liability of County Chair and County Executive Committee 173.0341
State Chair as Fiscal Agent for County Party 173.0831
State Payment of Start-up Primary Funds 173.0832
Direct Repayment to Authority Conducting Primary Election Under Contract in Certain Counties 173.0833
Direct Billing of Certain Primary Expenses 173.0851
Disposition of Surplus in Primary Fund
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Accessed:
May 18, 2024

§ 173.084’s source at texas​.gov