83R10356 ADM-F
By: Miles H.B. No. 2569
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the methods by which a registrar must provide notice to
an applicant of a rejected application for voter registration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.073, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the registrar
shall deliver notice of the reason for the rejection of an
application to the applicant by:
(1) first class mail [written notice of the reason for
the rejection of an application to the applicant] not later than the
seventh [second] day after the date of rejection;
(2) e-mail, if the applicant provided an e-mail
address on the application form, not later than the second day after
the date of rejection; and
(3) telephone conversation or voice message, if the
applicant provided a telephone number on the application form, not
later than the second day after the date of rejection.
(b-1) An unsuccessful attempt to deliver notice of
rejection to the applicant in the manner described under Subsection
(a)(2) or (3) is sufficient to satisfy the requirement imposed by
the subsection if the registrar can demonstrate that the registrar
made a bona fide attempt to comply with the requirement.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.