Tex. Election Code Section 20.065
Delivery of Applications and Changes of Address

(a)

At the end of each day a Department of Public Safety office is regularly open for business, the manager of the office shall deliver by mail or in person to the voter registrar of the county in which the office is located each completed voter registration application and applicable change of address submitted to a department employee.

(b)

Each weekday the department is regularly open for business, the department shall electronically transfer to the secretary of state the name of each person who completes a voter registration application submitted to the department. The secretary shall prescribe procedures necessary to implement this subsection.

(c)

On the weekday the secretary of state is regularly open for business following the date the secretary receives information under Subsection (b), the secretary shall inform the appropriate voter registrar of the name of each person who completes a voter registration application submitted to the department. The registrar may verify that the registrar has received each application as indicated by the information provided by the secretary under this subsection.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1178, Sec. 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1105 (H.B. 2280), Sec. 8, eff. January 1, 2006.

Source: Section 20.065 — Delivery of Applications and Changes of Address, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.20.htm#20.065 (accessed May 4, 2024).

20.001
Designation of Voter Registration Agencies 20.002
Agency-prescribed Registration Application Form 20.003
Official Declination of Registration Form 20.004
Agency Coordinator 20.005
Degree of Assistance 20.006
Determination of Eligibility 20.007
Prohibited Acts 20.008
Assistance by Secretary of State or Registrar 20.009
Additional Procedures 20.031
Form Provided 20.032
Registration Procedures 20.033
Effect of Submission of Application to Employee 20.034
Submission to Registrar by Applicant 20.035
Delivery of Applications to Registrar 20.036
Declination of Registration 20.037
Telephone or Mail Services 20.061
Applicability of Other Provisions 20.062
Department Forms and Procedure 20.063
Registration Procedures 20.064
Declination Form Not Required 20.065
Delivery of Applications and Changes of Address 20.066
Registration Procedures 20.091
Applicability of Other Provisions 20.092
Registration Procedure 20.093
Declination Form Not Required 20.121
Applicability of Other Provisions 20.122
Registration Procedures 20.123
Declination Form Not Required

Accessed:
May 4, 2024

§ 20.065’s source at texas.gov

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Original Source: Section 20.065 — Delivery of Applications and Changes of Address, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.20.htm#20.065 (last accessed May 4, 2024).