Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.17
1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.17 – Competitive Bidding Required Except for the purchase of voter registration advertising and temporary staff the voter registrar shall submit bids for the purchase of items or services to be paid for with Chapter 19 funds according to the following guidelines: (1) No competitive bids for individual purchases of […]
Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.16
1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.16 – Electronic Submission of Chapter 19 Purchase Request Required for Payment (a) The Agency shall prescribe an electronic web-based application format for the submission of Chapter 19 Purchase Request for use by each county voter registrar. (b) If a Chapter 19 Purchase Request is received by the Agency seeking […]
Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.15
1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.15 – Funding Period (a) After June 1 of each year funding becomes available to the counties as defined in § 19.002 of the Election Code and remains available for 27 months, expiring on August 31. However, the Comptroller imposes a deadline prior to August 31 for any documents or […]
Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.14
1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.14 – Normal Day-to-Day Operation – Defined (a) Consistent with the intent of § RSA 81.12 of this title (relating to Applicable Sections of the Texas Election Code) Chapter 19 funds may not be used to fund the normal day-to-day operation of the voter registrar’s office, which include statutory duties […]
Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.13
1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.13 – Allowable Uses of Chapter 19 Funds (a) Chapter 19 funds expenditures must comply with the criteria of “reasonable and necessary” as established by Texas Grant Management Standards (TxGMS) and may only be used for the following activities: (1) Increase the number of registered voters in the state. (2) […]
Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.12
1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.12 – Applicable Sections of the Texas Election Code (a) Chapter 19 provides, in pertinent part, as follows: (1) The Commissioners Court may not consider the availability of state funds under this chapter in adopting the county budget for the office of voter registrar (§19.006); (2) State funds disbursed under […]
Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.11
1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.11 – Definitions The following words and terms, when used herein, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Agency–The Office of the Secretary of State. (2) Chapter 19–Texas Election Code Annotated, Chapter 19 (Vernon 2003 and Supplement 2004-2005). (3) Chapter 19 funds–Funding available to a […]
Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.10
1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.10 – Printing of Name on Voter Registration Certificate (a) The phrase “(t)he voter’s name in the form indicated by the voter” in Texas Election Code § RSA 15.001 shall not be read to include a former name provided by the voter on the voter registration application. (b) The voter’s […]
Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.9
1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.9 – Duties of Elections Administrator Where a county has created the position of elections administrator and a statute outside the Texas Election Code requires a duty or function to be performed by the county clerk, the county clerk shall perform such function or duty, unless the function or duty […]
Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.8
1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.8 – Documentation Establishing Citizenship (a) “Proof of citizenship” may take the form of a certified copy of the voter’s passport, birth certificate, or certificate of naturalization papers. (b) If a voter fails to provide proof of citizenship within the required 30 days, the voter registrar shall promptly send the […]