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1 | 1 | 81R2936 DRH-D | |
2 | 2 | By: Anchia H.B. No. 536 | |
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5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
7 | 7 | relating to the voter registration of a person who submits a federal | |
8 | 8 | postcard application to vote in an election. | |
9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 101.006(a), Election Code, is amended to | |
11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
12 | 12 | (a) The submission of a federal postcard application that | |
13 | 13 | complies with the applicable requirements by an unregistered | |
14 | 14 | applicant constitutes registration by the applicant: [only] | |
15 | 15 | (1) for the purpose of voting in the election for which | |
16 | 16 | a ballot is requested; and | |
17 | 17 | (2) under Title 2 if the application contains the | |
18 | 18 | information that is required for registration under that title | |
19 | 19 | [each election that occurs on or before the date of the second | |
20 | 20 | general election for state and county officers that occurs after | |
21 | 21 | the date the application is submitted]. | |
22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |