By: Duncan S.B. No. 1046
(Pena)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to information regarding deceased registered voters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.001, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The secretary of state shall quarterly obtain from the
United States Social Security Administration available information
specified by the secretary relating to deceased residents of the
state and compare the information received to the statewide
computerized voter registration list. If the secretary determines
that a voter on the registration list is deceased, the secretary
shall send notice of the determination to the voter registrar of the
counties considered appropriate by the secretary.
SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 16.031, Election Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(b) The registrar shall cancel a voter's registration
immediately if the registrar:
(1) determines from information received under
Section 16.001(c) that the voter is deceased;
(2) has personal knowledge that the voter is deceased;
[or]
(3) receives from a person related within the second
degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter
573, Government Code, to the voter a sworn statement by that person
indicating that the voter is deceased; or
(4) receives notice from the secretary of state under
Section 16.001(d) that the voter is deceased.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.