LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 15, 2013 TO: Honorable Robert Duncan, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB315 by Uresti (Relating to electronic voter registration.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Election Code to require the Secretary of State (SOS) to implement and provide provisions for a program that would allow a person to complete a voter registration application over the Internet from the official websites of the SOS and the Department of Public Safety (DPS), which would include obtaining a digital copy of an applicant's signature from the DPS. The bill would also require that the "state electronic Internet portal project" be used to authenticate the identity of a person who submits a voter registration application electronically. The SOS and the DPS estimate there would be a minimal cost associated with implementing the provisions of the bill. The Department of Information Resources estimates the provisions of the bill could be implemented within existing resources. The bill would take effect on September 1, 2013. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:307 Secretary of State, 313 Department of Information Resources, 405 Department of Public Safety LBB Staff: UP, AG, EP, CK
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 15, 2013
TO: Honorable Robert Duncan, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB315 by Uresti (Relating to electronic voter registration.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Robert Duncan, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB315 by Uresti (Relating to electronic voter registration.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Robert Duncan, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
Honorable Robert Duncan, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB315 by Uresti (Relating to electronic voter registration.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB315 by Uresti (Relating to electronic voter registration.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Election Code to require the Secretary of State (SOS) to implement and provide provisions for a program that would allow a person to complete a voter registration application over the Internet from the official websites of the SOS and the Department of Public Safety (DPS), which would include obtaining a digital copy of an applicant's signature from the DPS. The bill would also require that the "state electronic Internet portal project" be used to authenticate the identity of a person who submits a voter registration application electronically. The SOS and the DPS estimate there would be a minimal cost associated with implementing the provisions of the bill. The Department of Information Resources estimates the provisions of the bill could be implemented within existing resources. The bill would take effect on September 1, 2013.
The bill would amend the Election Code to require the Secretary of State (SOS) to implement and provide provisions for a program that would allow a person to complete a voter registration application over the Internet from the official websites of the SOS and the Department of Public Safety (DPS), which would include obtaining a digital copy of an applicant's signature from the DPS. The bill would also require that the "state electronic Internet portal project" be used to authenticate the identity of a person who submits a voter registration application electronically. The SOS and the DPS estimate there would be a minimal cost associated with implementing the provisions of the bill.
The Department of Information Resources estimates the provisions of the bill could be implemented within existing resources. The bill would take effect on September 1, 2013.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 307 Secretary of State, 313 Department of Information Resources, 405 Department of Public Safety
307 Secretary of State, 313 Department of Information Resources, 405 Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff: UP, AG, EP, CK
UP, AG, EP, CK