Tex. Elec. Code § 20.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DESIGNATION OF VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The following state agencies are designated as voter registration agencies:
(1) Health and Human Services Commission;
(2) Department of Aging and Disability Services;
(3) Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services;
(4) Department of State Health Services; and
(5) any other agency or program as determined by the secretary of state that primarily provides:
(A) public assistance; or
(B) services to persons with disabilities.
(b) The Department of Public Safety is designated as a voter registration agency.
(c) Each public library, including any branch or other service outlet, is designated as a voter registration agency. In this chapter, "public library" means a library that:
(1) is regularly open for business for more than 30 hours a week;
(2) is operated by a single public agency or board;
(3) is open without charge to all persons under identical conditions; and
(4) receives its financial support wholly or partly from public funds.
(d) Each marriage license office of the county clerk is designated as a voter registration agency.
(e) The secretary of state shall designate other agencies or offices as voter registration agencies as necessary for compliance with federal law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1090 (H.B. 2068), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.20.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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