Section 13.042 - Delivery of Application to Registrar(a) A volunteer deputy registrar shall deliver in person, or by personal delivery through another designated volunteer deputy, to the registrar each completed voter registration application submitted to the deputy, as provided by this section. The secretary of state shall prescribe any procedures necessary to ensure the proper and timely delivery of completed applications that are not delivered in person by the volunteer deputy who receives them.(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an application shall be delivered to the registrar not later than 5 p.m. of the fifth day after the date the application is submitted to the volunteer deputy registrar.(c) An application submitted after the 34th day before the date of an election and on or before the last day for a person to timely submit a registration application for that election as provided by Section 13.143 shall be delivered not later than 5 p.m. of the next regular business day after the date to timely submit a registration application for that election as provided by Section 13.143.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 162,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2017.Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/1987. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1986.