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2025 Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 2 - Voter Qualifications and Registration
Chapter 12 - Voter Registrar
Subchapter A. Voter Registrar
Section 12.007. Failure by Registrar to Timely Perform Duty

Universal Citation:
TX Elec COde § 12.007 (2025)
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Sec. 12.007. FAILURE BY REGISTRAR TO TIMELY PERFORM DUTY. (a) The secretary of state may withhold funds administered and distributed by the secretary under Chapter 19 or Section 31.009 from a registrar if, after providing the registrar a written notice of the alleged violation and a reasonable opportunity to correct the alleged violation, the registrar fails to timely perform a duty imposed on the registrar under this code requiring:

(1) the approval, change, or cancellation of a voter's registration;

(2) the scheduling of a hearing under Section 16.064 or 16.093;

(3) the determination of a challenge under Section 16.066 or 16.095; or

(4) the delivery of notice under Section 16.0921.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the secretary of state shall distribute funds under Chapter 19 or Section 31.009 if the registrar performs the registrar's duty not later than 30 days after the funds are withheld.

(c) The secretary of state shall prescribe rules for the administration of this section.

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 435 (S.B. 1113), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.

Transferred, redesignated and amended from Election Code, Section 16.039 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 975 (S.B. 510), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.

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