Tex. Elec. Code § 251.007

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 251.007 - Timeliness of Action By Mail

When this title requires a notice, report, or other document or paper to be delivered, submitted, or filed within a specified period or before a specified deadline, a delivery, submission, or filing by first-class United States mail or common or contract carrier is timely, except as otherwise provided by this title, if:

(1) it is properly addressed with postage or handling charges prepaid; and

(2) it bears a post office cancellation mark or a receipt mark of a common or contract carrier indicating a time within the period or before the deadline, or if the person required to take the action furnishes satisfactory proof that it was deposited in the mail or with a common or contract carrier within the period or before the deadline.

Tex. Elec. Code § 251.007

Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.