Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1177 Compare Versions

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1	1	84R3652 JRJ-F
2	2	By: Miller of Fort Bend H.B. No. 1177
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the acceptance of a voter at a polling place.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 63.001(g), Election Code, is amended to
10	10	read as follows:
11	11	(g) If the requirements for identification prescribed by
12	12	Subsection (b) are not met or the voter's name is not on the list of
13	13	registered voters for the precinct, the voter may be accepted for
14	14	provisional voting only under Section 63.011. For a voter who is
15	15	not accepted for voting under this section, an election officer
16	16	shall:
17	17	(1) inform the voter of the voter's right to cast a
18	18	provisional ballot under Section 63.011; and
19	19	(2) provide the voter with written information, in a
20	20	form prescribed by the secretary of state, that:
21	21	(A) lists the requirements for identification;
22	22	(B) states the procedure for presenting
23	23	identification under Section 65.0541;
24	24	(C) includes a map showing the location where
25	25	identification must be presented; and
26	26	(D) includes notice that if all procedures are
27	27	followed and the voter is found to be eligible to vote and is voting
28	28	in the correct precinct, the voter's provisional ballot will be
29	29	accepted.
30	30	SECTION 2. Section 15.022(a), Election Code, is amended to
31	31	read as follows:
32	32	(a) The registrar shall make the appropriate corrections in
33	33	the registration records, including, if necessary, deleting a
34	34	voter's name from the suspense list:
35	35	(1) after receipt of a notice of a change in
36	36	registration information under Section 15.021;
37	37	(2) after receipt of a voter's reply to a notice of
38	38	investigation given under Section 16.033;
39	39	(3) [after receipt of any affidavits executed under
40	40	Section 63.006, following an election;
41	41	[(4)] after receipt of a voter's statement of
42	42	residence executed under Section 63.0011;
43	43	(4) [(5)] before the effective date of the abolishment
44	44	of a county election precinct or a change in its boundary;
45	45	(5) [(6)] after receipt of United States Postal
46	46	Service information indicating an address reclassification;
47	47	(6) [(7)] after receipt of a voter's response under
48	48	Section 15.053; or
49	49	(7) [(8)] after receipt of a registration application
50	50	or change of address under Chapter 20.
51	51	SECTION 3. Section 63.011(a), Election Code, is amended to
52	52	read as follows:
53	53	(a) A person to whom Section 63.001(g) [or 63.009] applies
54	54	may cast a provisional ballot if the person executes an affidavit
55	55	stating that the person:
56	56	(1) is a registered voter in the precinct in which the
57	57	person seeks to vote; and
58	58	(2) is eligible to vote in the election.
59	59	SECTION 4. Section 66.0241, Election Code, is amended to
60	60	read as follows:
61	61	Sec. 66.0241. CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE NO. 4. Envelope no. 4
62	62	must contain:
63	63	(1) the precinct list of registered voters;
64	64	(2) the registration correction list;
65	65	(3) any statements of residence executed under Section
66	66	63.0011; and
67	67	(4) any affidavits executed under Section [63.006 or]
68	68	63.011.
69	69	SECTION 5. Sections 63.006 and 63.009, Election Code, are
70	70	repealed.
71	71	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.