Sec. 1.008. TIMELINESS OF ACTION BY MAIL. When this code requires an application, notice, report, or other document or paper to be delivered, submitted, or filed within a specified period or before a specified deadline, a delivery, submission, or filing by first-class United States mail is timely, except as otherwise provided by this code, if:
(1) it is properly addressed with postage prepaid; and
(2) it bears a post office cancellation mark indicating a time within the period or before the deadline, or if the person required to take the action furnishes satisfactory proof that it was deposited in the mail within the period or before the deadline.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 1 - Introductory Provisions
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 1.0015. Legislative Intent
Section 1.002. Applicability of Code
Section 1.003. Construction of Code
Section 1.004. Internal References
Section 1.006. Effect of Weekend or Holiday
Section 1.007. Delivering, Submitting, and Filing Documents
Section 1.008. Timeliness of Action by Mail
Section 1.009. Time of Receipt of Mailed Document
Section 1.010. Availability of Official Forms
Section 1.011. Signing Document by Witness
Section 1.012. Public Inspection of Election Records
Section 1.013. Destruction of Records
Section 1.014. Election Expenses
Section 1.016. Oaths by Election Officers
Section 1.017. Ineligibility No Defense to Prosecution
Section 1.018. Applicability of Penal Code
Section 1.019. Required Evidence or Testimony
Section 1.020. Voting Disability or Candidacy Disqualification: Determination of Mental Incapacity