Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

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	6	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6408
8	7		January Session, 2021
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	11	+	Referred to Committee on HOUSING
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	14	+	Introduced by:
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14	20		AN ACT REQUIRING HOU SING AUTHORITIES TO PROVIDE VOTER
15	21		REGISTRATION APPLICA TIONS TO PROSPECTIVE TENANTS.
16	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	23		Assembly convened:
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19	25		Section 1. Section 9-19h of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
20	26		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2022): 2
21	27		(a) The Department of Social Services, the Labor Department, [and] 3
22		-	the Department of Motor Vehicles and each housing authority, as 4
23		-	defined in section 8-39, shall make voter registration information and 5
24		-	materials available to the public. Such information and materials shall 6
25		-	be placed in public areas of the offices of such departments and 7
26		-	authorities. The State Library and the libraries of the state's public 8
27		-	institutions of higher education shall also make such information and 9
28		-	materials available to users of the libraries. The Secretary of the State 10
29		-	shall provide such departments, such housing authorities, such libraries 11
30		-	and any libraries open to the public with suitable nonpartisan literature, 12
31		-	materials and voter registration application forms authorized under 13
32		-	sections 9-23g and 9-23h. The secretary shall also provide to the 14
33		-	Department of Social Services, the Labor Department, [and] the 15
34		-	Department of Motor Vehicles and each housing authority any furniture 16
35		-	needed to display such literature, materials and forms. 17
36		-	(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, 18 Substitute Bill No. 6408
	28	+	the Department of Motor Vehicles and housing authorities, as defined 4
	29	+	in section 8-39, shall make voter registration information and materials 5
	30	+	available to the public. Such information and materials shall be placed 6
	31	+	in public areas of the offices of such departments and authorities. The 7
	32	+	State Library and the libraries of the state's public institutions of higher 8
	33	+	education shall also make such information and materials available to 9
	34	+	users of the libraries. The Secretary of the State shall provide such 10
	35	+	departments, such housing authorities, such libraries and any libraries 11
	36	+	open to the public with suitable nonpartisan literature, materials and 12
	37	+	voter registration application forms authorized under sections 9-23g 13
	38	+	and 9-23h. The secretary shall also provide to the Department of Social 14
	39	+	Services, the Labor Department, [and] the Department of Motor 15 Raised Bill No. 6408
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	45	+	Vehicles and each housing authority any furniture needed to display 16
	46	+	such literature, materials and forms. 17
	47	+	(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, 18
43	48		the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, not later than January 1, 1994, shall 19
44	49		include an application for the admission of an elector with each 20
45	50		application form provided for a motor vehicle operator's license and a 21
46	51		motor vehicle operator's license renewal, which are issued under 22
47	52		subpart (B) of part III of chapter 246, and with each application form 23
48	53		provided for an identity card issued under section 1-1h. Such 24
49	54		application form for the admission of an elector (1) shall be subject to 25
50	55		the approval of the Secretary of the State, (2) shall not include any 26
51	56		provisions for the witnessing of the application, and (3) shall contain a 27
52	57		statement that (A) specifies each eligibility requirement, (B) contains an 28
53	58		attestation that the applicant meets each such requirement, and (C) 29
54	59		requires the signature of the applicant under penalty of perjury. The 30
55	60		Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall accept any such completed 31
56	61		application for admission which is submitted in person or by mail. The 32
57	62		applicant shall state on such form, under penalty of perjury, the 33
58	63		applicant's name, bona fide residence address, date of birth, whether the 34
59	64		applicant is a United States citizen, party enrollment, if any, prior voting 35
60	65		address, if registered previously, and that the applicant's privileges as 36
61	66		an elector are not forfeited by reason of conviction of a felony. No Social 37
62	67		Security number on any such application form for the admission of an 38
63	68		elector filed prior to January 1, 2000, may be disclosed to the public or 39
64	69		to any governmental agency. The commissioner shall indicate on each 40
65	70		such form the date of receipt of such application to ensure that any 41
66	71		eligible applicant is registered to vote in an election if it is received by 42
67	72		the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles by the last day for registration to 43
68	73		vote in an election. The commissioner shall provide the applicant with 44
69	74		an application receipt, on a form approved by the Secretary of the State 45
70	75		and on which the commissioner shall record the date that the 46
71	76		commissioner received the application, using an official date stamp 47
72	77		bearing the words "Department of Motor Vehicles". The commissioner 48
73		-	shall provide such receipt whether the application was submitted in 49
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74	84		person or by mail. The commissioner shall forthwith transmit the 50
75	85		application to the registrars of voters of the applicant's town of 51
76	86		residence. If a registration application is accepted within five days 52
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	87	+	before the last day for registration to vote in a regular election, the 53
84	88		application shall be transmitted to the registrars of voters of the town of 54
85	89		voting residence of the applicant not later than five days after the date 55
86	90		of acceptance. The procedures in subsections (c), (d), (f) and (g) of 56
87	91		section 9-23g which are not inconsistent with the National Voter 57
88	92		Registration Act of 1993, P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, 58
89	93		shall apply to applications made under this section. The commissioner 59
90	94		is not an admitting official and may not restore, under the provisions of 60
91	95		section 9-46a, electoral privileges of persons convicted of a felony. 61
92	96		(c) On and after January 1, 2022, each housing authority shall provide, 62
93		-	at the time an individual has been accepted for admission ~~to a housing~~ 63
94		-	authority residential unit, and at the annual recertification ~~of such~~ 64
95		-	individual's household, an application for admission as an ~~elector to~~ 65
96		-	each member of such individual's household who is eligible ~~to apply for~~ 66
97		-	admission as an elector pursuant to section 9-12. A housing ~~authority~~ 67
98		-	shall assist any individual who requests assistance in ~~completing the~~ 68
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	97	+	at the time an individual applies for or has been accepted for admission 63
	98	+	to a housing authority residential unit, and at the annual recertification 64
	99	+	of such individual's household, an application for admission as an 65
	100	+	elector to each member of such individual's household who is eligible 66
	101	+	to apply for admission as an elector pursuant to section 9-12. A housing 67
	102	+	authority shall assist any individual who requests assistance in 68
	103	+	completing the application form. 69
100	104		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
101	105		sections:
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103	107		Section 1 January 1, 2022 9-19h
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105		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
106		-	In Section 1(a), "housing authorities" was changed to "each housing
107		-	authority" for clarity.
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109		-	HSG Joint Favorable Subst.
	109	+	Statement of Purpose:
	110	+	To require housing authorities to provide prospective tenants with voter
	111	+	registration applications.
	112	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	113	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	114	+	underlined.]
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