Tex. Elec. Code § 15.081 · Subchapter D. SUSPENSE LIST
SUSPENSE LIST.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The registrar shall maintain a suspense list containing the name of each voter:
(1) who fails to submit a response to the registrar in accordance with Section 15.053;
(2) whose renewal certificate is returned to the registrar in accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter 14; or
(3) who appears on the list of nonresidents of the county provided to the registrar under Section 62.114, Government Code.
(b) The list shall be arranged alphabetically by voter name and for each voter must contain the voter's name, residence address, date of birth, registration number, and date the name is entered on the list. The names shall be grouped according to county election precincts.
(c) The secretary of state may prescribe an alternative form or procedure for maintaining the list.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the suspense list may not contain the residence address of a voter whose residence address is confidential under Section 13.004.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 5.06, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 559 (H.B. 1271), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 594 (H.B. 41), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 465 (S.B. 281), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1146 (H.B. 2910), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.
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