Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB513 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R296 JRJ-D
2	2	By: Vo H.B. No. 513
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age on the date
8	8	of the general election for state and county officers to vote in the
9	9	preceding primary elections.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 13.001, Election Code, is amended to
12	12	read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 13.001. ELIGIBILITY FOR REGISTRATION. (a) To be
14	14	eligible for registration as a voter in this state, a person must:
15	15	(1) except as provided by Subsection (c), be 18 years
16	16	of age or older;
17	17	(2) be a United States citizen;
18	18	(3) not have been determined by a final judgment of a
19	19	court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:
20	20	(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or
21	21	(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the
22	22	right to vote;
23	23	(4) not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if
24	24	so convicted, must have:
25	25	(A) fully discharged the person's sentence,
26	26	including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or
27	27	completed a period of probation ordered by any court; or
28	28	(B) been pardoned or otherwise released from the
29	29	resulting disability to vote; and
30	30	(5) be a resident of the county in which application
31	31	for registration is made.
32	32	(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), to [To] be
33	33	eligible to apply for registration, a person must, on the date the
34	34	registration application is submitted to the registrar, be at least
35	35	17 years and 10 months of age and satisfy the requirements of
36	36	Subsection (a) except for age.
37	37	(c) A person who will be 18 years of age or older on the date
38	38	of the next general election for state and county officers is
39	39	eligible to register as a voter in this state for the purposes of
40	40	voting in the primary election to determine a political party's
41	41	nominees for the general election if the person satisfies the
42	42	requirements of Subsection (a) except for age. The secretary of
43	43	state shall prescribe procedures necessary to implement this
44	44	subsection.
45	45	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 172, Election Code, is
46	46	amended by adding Section 172.005 to read as follows:
47	47	Sec. 172.005. VOTING BY PERSON UNDER AGE 18. (a)
48	48	Notwithstanding Section 11.001, a person may vote in a primary
49	49	election if the person:
50	50	(1) will be 18 years of age or older on the date of the
51	51	subsequent general election for state and county officers; and
52	52	(2) satisfies the requirements for being a qualified
53	53	voter except for age.
54	54	(b) The secretary of state, after consulting with the state
55	55	chairman of each political party required to make nominations by
56	56	primary election, shall prescribe the procedures necessary to
57	57	implement this section.
58	58	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the date on which the
59	59	constitutional amendment proposed by the 81st Legislature, Regular
60	60	Session, 2009, authorizing certain persons under the age of 18 to
61	61	vote in a primary election, takes effect. If that amendment is not
62	62	approved by the voters, this Act has no effect.