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1	1	By: Dutton (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 1226
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011;
3	3	May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State
4	4	Affairs; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
5	5	Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 19, 2011, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to the eligibility of certain persons who have received
11	11	deferred adjudication to vote.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 11.002, Election Code, is amended to
14	14	read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 11.002. QUALIFIED VOTER. (a) In this code,
16	16	"qualified voter" means a person who:
17	17	(1) is 18 years of age or older;
18	18	(2) is a United States citizen;
19	19	(3) has not been determined by a final judgment of a
20	20	court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:
21	21	(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or
22	22	(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the
23	23	right to vote;
24	24	(4) has not been finally convicted of a felony or, if
25	25	so convicted, has:
26	26	(A) fully discharged the person's sentence,
27	27	including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or
28	28	completed a period of probation ordered by any court; or
29	29	(B) been pardoned or otherwise released from the
30	30	resulting disability to vote;
31	31	(5) is a resident of this state; and
32	32	(6) is a registered voter.
33	33	(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(4), a person is not
34	34	considered to have been finally convicted of an offense for which
35	35	the criminal proceedings are deferred without an adjudication of
36	36	guilt.
37	37	SECTION 2. Section 13.001, Election Code, is amended by
38	38	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
39	39	(c) For purposes of Subsection (a)(4), a person is not
40	40	considered to have been finally convicted of an offense for which
41	41	the criminal proceedings are deferred without an adjudication of
42	42	guilt.
43	43	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
44	44	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
45	45	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
46	46	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
47	47	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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