1. (a) After approval of a registration application, the registrar shall:

   1. (1) prepare a voter registration certificate and issue the original certificate to the applicant; and
   2. (2) enter the applicant's county election precinct number and registration number on the applicant's registration application.
2. (b) In this code, "initial certificate" means a registration certificate issued under this section.
3. (c) An initial certificate takes effect on the effective date of the registration and expires the following January 1 of an even-numbered year.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 436, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 53, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2021.