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1 | 1 | 83R9472 JRJ-D | |
2 | 2 | By: Klick H.B. No. 2372 | |
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4 | 4 | ||
5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
7 | 7 | relating to establishing an interstate voter registration | |
8 | 8 | crosscheck program. | |
9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 18, Election Code, is | |
11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 18.062 to read as follows: | |
12 | 12 | Sec. 18.062. INTERSTATE VOTER REGISTRATION CROSSCHECK | |
13 | 13 | PROGRAM. To maintain the statewide voter registration list and to | |
14 | 14 | prevent duplication of registration in more than one state or | |
15 | 15 | jurisdiction, the secretary of state shall cooperate with other | |
16 | 16 | states and jurisdictions to develop systems to compare voters, | |
17 | 17 | voter history, and voter registration lists to identify voters | |
18 | 18 | whose addresses have changed. | |
19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
20 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |