Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
ELECTION CODE |
Title 2. VOTER QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION |
Chapter 13. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION; INITIAL REGISTRATION |
Subchapter F. INITIAL REGISTRATION |
Sec. 13.142. INITIAL REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE
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(a) After approval of a registration application, the registrar shall:
(1) prepare a voter registration certificate in duplicate and issue the original certificate to the applicant; and
(2) enter the applicant's county election precinct number and registration number on the applicant's registration application.
(b) In this code, "initial certificate" means a registration certificate issued under this section.
(c) An initial certificate takes effect on the effective date of the registration and expires the following January 1 of an even-numbered year.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 436, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 53, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.