Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2227 Compare Versions

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1	1	84R5401 GRM-D
2	2	By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 2227
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to voter registration applications.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 13.073, Election Code, is amended by
10	10	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
11	11	follows:
12	12	(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (b-1), the
13	13	registrar shall deliver written notice of the reason for the
14	14	rejection of an application to the applicant not later than the
15	15	second day after the date of rejection.
16	16	(b-1) Before rejecting an application on which an applicant
17	17	provided an e-mail address, the registrar may notify an applicant
18	18	by e-mail that the registrar needs additional information to
19	19	approve the application, including correcting an applicant's date
20	20	of birth, spelling of the applicant's name, or providing additional
21	21	information to correct an address or county of residence. The
22	22	registrar shall make a reasonable effort to contact the applicant
23	23	by e-mail. If no response is received before the third day after the
24	24	date the registrar sends the notification, the registrar may reject
25	25	the application.
26	26	SECTION 2. Section 13.122(a), Election Code, is amended to
27	27	read as follows:
28	28	(a) In addition to the other statements and spaces for
29	29	entering information that appear on an officially prescribed
30	30	registration application form, each official form must include:
31	31	(1) the statement: "I understand that giving false
32	32	information to procure a voter registration is perjury and a crime
33	33	under state and federal law.";
34	34	(2) a space for the applicant's registration number;
35	35	(3) a space for the applicant's Texas driver's license
36	36	number or number of a personal identification card issued by the
37	37	Department of Public Safety;
38	38	(4) a space for the applicant's telephone number;
39	39	(5) a space for the applicant's social security
40	40	number;
41	41	(6) a space for the applicant's sex;
42	42	(7) a statement indicating that the furnishing of the
43	43	applicant's telephone number, e-mail address, and sex is optional;
44	44	(8) a space or box for indicating whether the
45	45	applicant or voter is submitting new registration information or a
46	46	change in current registration information;
47	47	(9) a statement instructing a voter who is using the
48	48	form to make a change in current registration information to enter
49	49	the voter's name and the changed information in the appropriate
50	50	spaces on the form;
51	51	(10) a statement that if the applicant declines to
52	52	register to vote, that fact will remain confidential and will be
53	53	used only for voter registration purposes;
54	54	(11) a statement that if the applicant does register
55	55	to vote, information regarding the agency or office to which the
56	56	application is submitted will remain confidential and will be used
57	57	only for voter registration purposes;
58	58	(12) a space or box for indicating whether the
59	59	applicant is interested in working as an election judge;
60	60	(13) a statement warning that a conviction for making
61	61	a false statement may result in imprisonment for up to the maximum
62	62	amount of time provided by law, a fine of up to the maximum amount
63	63	provided by law, or both the imprisonment and the fine; [and]
64	64	(14) a space for the applicant's e-mail address; and
65	65	(15) any other voter registration information
66	66	required by federal law or considered appropriate and required by
67	67	the secretary of state.
68	68	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.