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.
Official text of the Texas Election Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.