TABULATION OF AND ACCESS TO BALLOTS.
Tex. PROP Code § 209.00594.
in effect(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.
(b-1) A person who tabulates votes under Subsection (b) or who performs a recount under Section 209.0057 (c) may not disclose to any other person how an individual voted.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other law, only a person who tabulates votes under Subsection (b) or who performs a recount under Section 209.0057 (c) may be given access to the ballots cast in the election or vote.
(d) This section may not be construed to affect a person's obligation to comply with a court order for the release of ballots or other voting records.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (S.B. 472 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.