By: Uresti S.B. No. 550
(In the Senate - Filed February 13, 2013; February 20, 2013,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 17, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 4; April 17, 2013,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 550 By: Ellis
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the determination that a voter is deceased.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 18.068, Election Code, as added by
Chapter 683 (H.B. 174), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular
Session, 2011, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 18.068. COMPARISON OF INFORMATION REGARDING
INELIGIBILITY. (a) The secretary of state shall quarterly compare
the information received under Section 16.001 of this code and
Section 62.113, Government Code, to the statewide computerized
voter registration list. If the secretary determines that a voter
on the registration list is deceased or has been excused or
disqualified from jury service because the voter is not a citizen,
the secretary shall send notice of the determination to the voter
registrar of the counties considered appropriate by the secretary.
(b) In making the determination that a voter who has voted
within the last four years is deceased under this section, the
secretary of state must identify the following information as
common to the voter and the deceased person:
(1) the last name;
(2) the date of birth; and
(3) the social security number.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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