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1	1	83R23436 ADM-F
2	2	By: Wu H.B. No. 3081
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3081:
4	4	By: Wu C.S.H.B. No. 3081
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the requirements for a person who has recently moved to
10	10	vote in the precinct of the person's former or current residence.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 63.0011, Election Code, is amended by
13	13	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and
14	14	(b-3) to read as follows:
15	15	(a) Before a voter may be accepted for voting, an election
16	16	officer shall ask the voter if the voter's residence address on the
17	17	precinct list of registered voters is current and whether the voter
18	18	has changed residence [within the county]. If the voter's address
19	19	is omitted from the precinct list under Section 18.005(c), the
20	20	officer shall ask the voter if the voter's residence, if listed, on
21	21	identification presented by the voter under Section 63.001(b) is
22	22	current and whether the voter has changed residence [within the
23	23	county].
24	24	(b-1) If the voter's address is not current because the
25	25	voter has changed residence to a different county within 30 days of
26	26	the date of the election, the voter may vote, if otherwise eligible,
27	27	in the election precinct in which the voter is registered.
28	28	(b-2) In a joint election held in accordance with Chapter
29	29	271, if the voter's address is not current because the voter has
30	30	changed residence within the county, the voter may vote, if
31	31	otherwise eligible, in the election precinct in which the voter is
32	32	registered. A voter eligible under this subsection shall receive a
33	33	joint election ballot according to the voter's registered residence
34	34	address, notwithstanding Section 11.001(a)(2) or any other
35	35	provision of this code.
36	36	(b-3) The secretary of state shall adopt rules to ensure
37	37	that a voter's pending registration is not canceled due to a vote
38	38	cast by the voter voting under Subsection (b-1) or (b-2) in the
39	39	precinct in which the voter is registered.
40	40	SECTION 2. Section 112.002, Election Code, is amended by
41	41	amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to
42	42	read as follows:
43	43	(a) After changing residence to another county, a person is
44	44	eligible to vote a limited ballot by personal appearance during the
45	45	early voting period, on election day, or by mail if:
46	46	(1) the person would have been eligible to vote in the
47	47	county of former residence on election day if still residing in that
48	48	county;
49	49	(2) the person is registered to vote in the county of
50	50	former residence at the time the person:
51	51	(A) offers to vote in the county of new
52	52	residence; or
53	53	(B) submitted a voter registration application
54	54	in the county of new residence; [and]
55	55	(3) a voter registration for the person in the county
56	56	of new residence is not effective on or before election day; and
57	57	(4) for a person voting on election day, the person
58	58	changed residence to the county not more than 30 days before
59	59	election day.
60	60	(d) A statement executed under Subsection (c) shall be
61	61	submitted:
62	62	(1) to an election officer at the main early voting
63	63	polling place, if the person is voting by personal appearance; [or]
64	64	(2) with the affidavit required under Subsection
65	65	(d-1), to a person designated by the early voting clerk at the
66	66	location used for the main early voting polling place, if the person
67	67	is voting on election day; or
68	68	(3) with the person's application for a ballot to be
69	69	voted by mail, if the person is voting by mail.
70	70	(d-1) A person voting on election day under this section
71	71	shall:
72	72	(1) execute an affidavit affirming that the person
73	73	changed residence to the county not more than 30 days before
74	74	election day; and
75	75	(2) submit the affidavit together with the statement
76	76	submitted by the person under Subsection (d).
77	77	SECTION 3. Section 112.004, Election Code, is amended to
78	78	read as follows:
79	79	Sec. 112.004. OFFICES AND MEASURES ON WHICH VOTER ENTITLED
80	80	TO VOTE. A person voting a limited ballot is entitled to vote only
81	81	on:
82	82	(1) each office and proposition stating a measure to
83	83	be voted on statewide; and
84	84	(2) if the person is not voting on election day, each
85	85	office and proposition stating a measure to be voted on in a
86	86	territorial unit of which the person was a resident both before
87	87	changing county of residence and after the change.
88	88	SECTION 4. Section 112.006, Election Code, is amended to
89	89	read as follows:
90	90	Sec. 112.006. PLACE FOR VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE OR ON
91	91	ELECTION DAY. A person may vote a limited ballot by personal
92	92	appearance only at the main early voting polling place. A person
93	93	may vote a limited ballot on election day only at the location of
94	94	the main early voting polling place.
95	95	SECTION 5. Section 112.010(a), Election Code, is amended to
96	96	read as follows:
97	97	(a) If early voting by personal appearance is conducted by
98	98	voting machine, the early voting clerk may conduct the personal
99	99	appearance voting of limited ballots by using official ballots for
100	100	early voting by mail. The early voting clerk may conduct voting of
101	101	limited ballots on election day at the location of the main early
102	102	voting polling place by using official ballots for early voting by
103	103	mail.
104	104	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.