| 1 | 1 | | By: Duncan S.B. No. 1046 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Pena) |
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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 information regarding deceased registered voters. |
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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. Section 16.001, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (d) The secretary of state shall quarterly obtain from the |
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| 12 | 12 | | United States Social Security Administration available information |
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| 13 | 13 | | specified by the secretary relating to deceased residents of the |
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| 14 | 14 | | state and compare the information received to the statewide |
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| 15 | 15 | | computerized voter registration list. If the secretary determines |
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| 16 | 16 | | that a voter on the registration list is deceased, the secretary |
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| 17 | 17 | | shall send notice of the determination to the voter registrar of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | counties considered appropriate by the secretary. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 16.031, Election Code, |
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| 20 | 20 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) The registrar shall cancel a voter's registration |
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| 22 | 22 | | immediately if the registrar: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) determines from information received under |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 16.001(c) that the voter is deceased; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) has personal knowledge that the voter is deceased; |
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| 26 | 26 | | [or] |
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| 27 | 27 | | (3) receives from a person related within the second |
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| 28 | 28 | | degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter |
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| 29 | 29 | | 573, Government Code, to the voter a sworn statement by that person |
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| 30 | 30 | | indicating that the voter is deceased; or |
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| 31 | 31 | | (4) receives notice from the secretary of state under |
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| 32 | 32 | | Section 16.001(d) that the voter is deceased. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 34 | 34 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 35 | 35 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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