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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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PROPERTY CODE |
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Title 11. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS |
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Chapter 209. TEXAS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS PROTECTION ACT |
Sec. 209.00594. TABULATION OF AND ACCESS TO BALLOTS
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other law, a person who is a candidate in a property owners' association election or who is otherwise the subject of an association vote, or a person related to that person within the third degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, may not tabulate or otherwise be given access to the ballots cast in that election or vote except as provided by this section.
(b) A person other than a person described by Subsection (a) may tabulate votes in an association election or vote but may not disclose to any other person how an individual voted.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other law, a person other than a person who tabulates votes under Subsection (b), including a person described by Subsection (a), may be given access to the ballots cast in the election or vote only as part of a recount process authorized by law.