Tex. Elec. Code § 31.164 · Subchapter F. JOINT ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR
DUTIES OF ADMINISTRATOR GENERALLY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The joint elections administrator shall perform:
(1) the duties and functions of the voter registrar, except as provided by Subsection (b);
(2) the duties and functions relating to elections placed by this code on an officer of a participating entity formerly required to conduct elections;
(3) the duties and functions relating to elections placed by statutes outside this code on an officer of a participating entity formerly required to conduct elections, subject to Section 31.165; and
(4) the duties and functions placed on the administrator under Sections 31.165 and 31.166.
(b) The joint elections administrator may serve as the voter registrar only in the county or counties that created the administrator's position. For territory of a participating entity located in another county, the officer designated under Section 12.001 as the voter registrar for that county retains the duties of the voter registrar.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 148 (S.B. 493), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.31.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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Election Code
- Tex. Elec. Code § 12.001DESIGNATION OF VOTER REGISTRAR.Printed as Section 12.001
- Tex. Elec. Code § 31.165DIVISION OF CERTAIN DUTIES BETWEEN OFFICER AND ADMINISTRATOR.Printed as Section 31.165 | Sections 31.165 and 31.166
- Tex. Elec. Code § 31.166CLASSIFICATION OF DUTIES BY SECRETARY OF STATE.Printed as Sections 31.165 and 31.166
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