| 1 | 1 | | 82R8779 DRH-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hochberg H.B. No. 2814 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to electronic voter registration. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Election Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 13.008 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 13.008. ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION. (a) The |
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| 12 | 12 | | secretary of state shall implement a program to allow a person who |
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| 13 | 13 | | has a valid driver's license or personal identification card issued |
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| 14 | 14 | | in this state to complete a voter registration application over the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Internet from the official website of this state and the websites of |
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| 16 | 16 | | the secretary of state, the Department of Public Safety, and |
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| 17 | 17 | | counties participating in the program. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) An applicant for electronic voter registration must: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) attest to the truth of the information provided on |
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| 20 | 20 | | the application by affirmatively accepting the information as true; |
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| 21 | 21 | | and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) affirmatively consent to the use of the signature |
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| 23 | 23 | | on the applicant's driver's license or personal identification card |
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| 24 | 24 | | for voter registration purposes. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) For each application submitted, the program shall |
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| 26 | 26 | | require that a digital copy of the applicant's signature be |
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| 27 | 27 | | obtained from the Department of Public Safety. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (d) An application submitted under this section is |
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| 29 | 29 | | considered for all purposes as an application submitted by mail |
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| 30 | 30 | | under this title. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (e) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to |
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| 32 | 32 | | implement this section, including rules to provide for additional |
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| 33 | 33 | | security measures necessary to ensure the accuracy and integrity of |
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| 34 | 34 | | applications submitted electronically. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 36 | 36 | | COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Amend H.B. 2814 (introduced version) as follows: |
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| 38 | 38 | | In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 13.008(a), |
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| 39 | 39 | | Election Code (page 1, line 10) between "and" and "the website", |
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| 40 | 40 | | insert ", either directly or via links to". |
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| 41 | 41 | | Veasey |
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