| 1 | 1 | | By: Miller of Fort Bend (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 2263 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 4 | 4 | | Affairs; May 7, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 7, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to requesting a replacement voter registration |
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| 11 | 11 | | certificate by telephone or electronically. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 15.004, Election Code, is amended to |
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| 14 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 15.004. REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE. (a) A voter whose |
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| 16 | 16 | | registration certificate is lost or destroyed may obtain a |
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| 17 | 17 | | replacement certificate by: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) delivering a written or electronic[, signed] |
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| 19 | 19 | | notice of the loss or destruction to the registrar; or |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) telephoning the registrar to request a |
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| 21 | 21 | | replacement. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) A replacement certificate requested electronically |
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| 23 | 23 | | under Subsection (a)(1) or by telephone under Subsection (a)(2) may |
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| 24 | 24 | | be sent only to the mailing address on the voter's registration |
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| 25 | 25 | | records. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) Subject to Subsection (b), not [Not] later than the 30th |
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| 27 | 27 | | day after the date the registrar receives the notice or request, the |
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| 28 | 28 | | registrar shall deliver to the voter a replacement certificate |
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| 29 | 29 | | containing: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) the registration number and other information on |
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| 31 | 31 | | the lost or destroyed certificate; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) a notation that the certificate is a replacement. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (d) [(c)] The registrar shall retain a written or electronic |
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| 34 | 34 | | [the] notice submitted under Subsection (a)(1) on file with the |
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| 35 | 35 | | voter's registration application. If the voter requests a |
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| 36 | 36 | | replacement registration certificate by telephone under Subsection |
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| 37 | 37 | | (a)(2), the registrar shall make a written record of the request and |
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| 38 | 38 | | keep the record on file with the voter's registration application. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 40 | 40 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 41 | 41 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 42 | 42 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 44 | 44 | | * * * * * |
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