Sec. 13.042. DELIVERY OF APPLICATION TO REGISTRAR. (a) A volunteer deputy registrar shall deliver in person, or by personal delivery through another designated volunteer deputy, to the registrar each completed voter registration application submitted to the deputy, as provided by this section. The secretary of state shall prescribe any procedures necessary to ensure the proper and timely delivery of completed applications that are not delivered in person by the volunteer deputy who receives them.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an application shall be delivered to the registrar not later than 5 p.m. of the fifth day after the date the application is submitted to the volunteer deputy registrar.
(c) An application submitted after the 34th day before the date of an election and on or before the last day for a person to timely submit a registration application for that election as provided by Section 13.143 shall be delivered not later than 5 p.m. of the next regular business day after the date to timely submit a registration application for that election as provided by Section 13.143.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 162 (H.B. 2324), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Voter Qualifications and Registration
Chapter 13 - Application for Registration; Initial Registration
Subchapter B. Volunteer Deputy Registrars; High School Deputy Registrars
Section 13.031. Appointment; Term
Section 13.032. Prohibition on Refusing to Appoint
Section 13.033. Certificate of Appointment
Section 13.034. Active Appointment File
Section 13.035. Inactive Appointment File
Section 13.036. Termination of Appointment
Section 13.037. Compensation; Bond
Section 13.038. Powers Generally
Section 13.039. Review of Application
Section 13.040. Issuance of Receipt
Section 13.041. Effect of Submission of Application
Section 13.042. Delivery of Application to Registrar
Section 13.043. Failure to Deliver Application
Section 13.044. Purportedly Acting as Volunteer Deputy Registrar
Section 13.045. Activity on Governmental Premises
Section 13.046. High School Deputy Registrars