Texas § EL.20.065 - DELIVERY OF APPLICATIONS AND CHANGES OF ADDRESS
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§ EL.20.065. DELIVERY OF APPLICATIONS AND CHANGES OF ADDRESS
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.
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Section EL.20.065 ("DELIVERY OF APPLICATIONS AND CHANGES OF ADDRESS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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