Sec. 18.065. SECRETARY OF STATE TO MONITOR REGISTRAR'S COMPLIANCE

1. (a) The secretary of state shall monitor each registrar for substantial compliance with Sections 15.083, 16.032, and 18.061 and with rules implementing the statewide computerized voter registration list.

2. (b) On determining that a registrar is not in substantial compliance, the secretary shall deliver written notice of the noncompliance to:

   1. (1) the registrar, including in the notice a description of the violation and an explanation of the action necessary for substantial compliance and of the consequences of noncompliance; and
   2. (2) the comptroller of public accounts, including in the notice the identity of the noncomplying registrar.
3. (c) On determining that a noncomplying registrar has corrected the violation and is in substantial compliance, the secretary shall deliver written notice to the registrar and to the comptroller that the registrar is in substantial compliance.
4. (d) The comptroller shall retain a notice received under this section on file until July 1 following the voting year in which it is received. The secretary shall retain a copy of each notice the secretary delivers under this section for two years after the date the notice is delivered.

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

Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 114, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 916, Sec. 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1164 (H.B. 2817), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.