ELECTION CODE

CHAPTER 12. VOTER REGISTRAR

SUBCHAPTER A. VOTER REGISTRAR


	§ 12.001.  DESIGNATION OF VOTER REGISTRAR.  The county 
tax assessor-collector is the voter registrar for the county unless 
the position of county elections administrator is created or the 
county clerk is designated as the voter registrar.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.                     


	§ 12.002.  ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS.  The registrar may 
administer and certify an oath under the seal of office if the oath 
is required in connection with the registrar's responsibilities 
under this code.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.                     


	§ 12.003.  FEES PROHIBITED.  The registrar may not charge 
a fee for performing a function in connection with voter 
registration unless expressly authorized to do so by law.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.                     


	§ 12.004.  OFFICE HOURS.  (a)  The registrar shall 
conduct voter registration activities at all times during regular 
office hours.
	(b)  The registrar may keep the office open for voter 
registration activities at times other than regular office hours.  
The registrar shall post notice of the irregular days and hours the 
office will be open.  The notice must remain posted continuously at 
each entrance to the registrar's office for the period beginning 
not later than the third day before the day the office is to be open 
during irregular hours and ending after the last time specified in 
the notice for the office to be open.
	(c)  The registrar's office shall remain open for voter 
registration activities during the hours the polls are required to 
be open for voting on the date of any general or primary election in 
which a statewide office appears on the ballot or any other election 
held in the county on a uniform election date.
	(d)  If early voting by personal appearance is required to be 
conducted for extended hours under Section 85.005(c) or for weekend 
hours under Section 85.006(e), the registrar's office shall remain 
open for providing voter registration information during the 
extended hours or weekend hours that the main early voting polling 
place is open for voting.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 54, § 1(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 
1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 916, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.


	§ 12.005.  BRANCH OFFICES.  The registrar may establish 
one or more branch offices in the county to conduct voter 
registration activities for the convenience of persons desiring to 
register.  A branch office may be temporary or permanent.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.                     


	§ 12.006.  REGULAR DEPUTY REGISTRARS.  (a)  The 
registrar may appoint one or more deputy registrars to assist in the 
registration of voters.
	(b)  In this code, "regular deputy registrar" means a deputy 
registrar appointed under this section.
	(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), a regular deputy 
registrar has the same authority as the registrar, subject to the 
registrar's supervision.
	(d)  A regular deputy registrar may not hear or determine a 
challenge under this title.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.                     

SUBCHAPTER B. COUNTY CLERK AS VOTER REGISTRAR


	§ 12.031.  DESIGNATION OF COUNTY CLERK AS VOTER 
REGISTRAR.  The commissioners court by written order may designate 
the county clerk as the voter registrar for the county if the county 
clerk and county tax assessor-collector agree to the designation.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.                     


	§ 12.032.  DESIGNATION ORDER.  (a)  The order 
designating the county clerk as the voter registrar must state the 
effective date of the transfer of voter registration duties and 
functions to the county clerk.
	(b)  The county clerk shall deliver a certified copy of the 
order to the secretary of state and comptroller of public accounts 
not later than the third day after the date the order is adopted.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.                     


	§ 12.033.  APPROPRIATION BY COMMISSIONERS COURT.  The 
amount initially appropriated by the commissioners court for the 
voter registration activities of the county clerk may not be less 
than the amount last appropriated to the county's voter registrar 
for the same purpose.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.                     


	§ 12.034.  RESCISSION OF DESIGNATION ORDER.  (a)  The 
commissioners court by written order may rescind the order 
designating the county clerk as the voter registrar at any time 
after two years have elapsed from the date the order was adopted, to 
become effective on a date stated in the order.
	(b)  Not later than the third day after the date the 
rescission order is adopted, the county clerk shall deliver a 
certified copy of the order to the secretary of state and 
comptroller of public accounts.
	(c)  On the effective date of the rescission, the county tax 
assessor-collector is the voter registrar for the county unless the 
position of county elections administrator is created.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.