CHAPTER 14. RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION
ELECTION CODE
TITLE 2. VOTER QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION
CHAPTER 14. RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER A. ISSUANCE OF RENEWAL CERTIFICATE
Sec. 14.001. RENEWAL REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE. (a) On or after
November 15 but before December 6 of each odd-numbered year, the
registrar shall issue a voter registration certificate to each
voter in the county whose registration is effective on the
preceding November 14 and whose name does not appear on the
suspense list.
(b) In this code, "renewal certificate" means a registration
certificate issued under this section.
(c) A renewal certificate is valid for two years beginning on
January 1 following its issuance.
(d) At the time the registrar issues an initial certificate for
a voter whose registration will be effective after November 14 of
an odd-numbered year and before January 1 of the following year,
the registrar shall also issue the voter a renewal certificate.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended
by Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1,
1987; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 436, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 54, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts
1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Sec. 14.002. DELIVERY OF RENEWAL CERTIFICATE TO VOTER. (a)
Except as provided by Subsection (d), the registrar shall deliver
a voter's renewal certificate by mail to the mailing address on
the voter's registration application.
(b) The certificate, if mailed without an envelope, or the
envelope containing the certificate must contain an instruction
to the postal authorities not to forward it to any other address
and to return it to the registrar if the addressee is no longer
at the address to which the certificate was mailed.
(c) The registrar may not mail the certificate in the same
envelope with a tax statement.
(d) The registrar shall deliver a renewal certificate issued
under Section 14.001(d) with the voter's initial certificate.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
SUBCHAPTER B. RETURN OF RENEWAL CERTIFICATE
Sec. 14.021. DISPOSITION OF RETURNED RENEWAL CERTIFICATE. On
the return to the registrar of an undelivered renewal certificate
that was mailed to a voter, the registrar shall file the
certificate with the voter's registration application and, not
later than January 2 following the mailing of certificates, enter
the voter's name on the suspense list.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Renumbered from Election Code Sec. 14.022 and amended by Acts
1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Sec. 14.022. ERRONEOUS RETURN OF RENEWAL CERTIFICATE. If the
registrar determines that a voter's renewal certificate was
returned undelivered solely because of postal service error,
address reclassification, or the registrar's clerical error, the
registrar shall delete the voter's name from the suspense list,
make any other appropriate corrections in the registration
records, and deliver the certificate to the voter.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Renumbered from Election Code Sec. 14.023 and amended by Acts
1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Sec. 14.023. CONFIRMATION NOTICE AFTER RETURN OF RENEWAL
CERTIFICATE. (a) After January 1 but not later than March 1 of
each even-numbered year, the registrar shall deliver a
confirmation notice in accordance with Section 15.051 to each
voter whose name appears on the suspense list under this
subchapter.
(b) If the voter fails to submit a response to the registrar in
accordance with Section 15.053, the voter's name remains on the
suspense list.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1,
1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 5.02, eff.
Sept. 1, 1999.