This section requires confirmation notice forms and response forms to include specific statements, instructions, and mailing features, and lets the registrar use a different form design only with the secretary’s approval.
Sec. 15.052. OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION NOTICE AND CONFIRMATION NOTICE RESPONSE FORMS. (a) The officially prescribed form for a confirmation notice must include: (1) a statement that, if the voter fails to submit to the registrar a written, signed response confirming the voter's current residence on or before the 30th day after the date the confirmation notice is mailed: (A) the voter is subject to submission of a statement of residence before the voter may be accepted for voting in an election held after that deadline; or (B) for a notice delivered under Section 14.023, the voter will remain subject to submission of a statement of residence before the voter may be accepted for voting in an election; (2) a warning that the voter's registration is subject to cancellation if the voter fails to confirm the voter's current residence either by notifying the registrar in writing or voting on a statement of residence before November 30 following the second general election for state and county officers that occurs after the date the confirmation notice is mailed; and (3) a statement that the voter must include all of the required information on the official confirmation notice response form. (b) The official confirmation notice response form must: (1) provide spaces for the voter to include all of the information that a person must include in an application to register to vote under Section 13.002; (2) describe the requirements of Section 15.054, provide a space for the voter to indicate if the voter is exempt from those requirements, and provide a space to indicate the reason for an exemption, if any; (3) provide the definition of residence under Section 1.015; and (4) be postage prepaid and preaddressed for delivery to the registrar. (c) The registrar may prescribe a different design from that prescribed by the secretary of state for an official form, if approved by the secretary. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 5.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 927 (H.B. 3069), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 869 (S.B. 1111), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.