84R5074 LED-D
By: Schofield H.B. No. 2960
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain information reported to county voter registrars
and to the Department of Public Safety and to the cancellation of a
driver's license based on that information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.001(c), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) Once each week, on a day specified by the secretary of
state, the vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health
Services [Bureau of Vital Statistics] shall furnish to the
secretary of state available information specified by the secretary
relating to deceased residents of the state. Not later than the
fifth business day after the date the secretary of state receives
the information from the department [Periodically], the secretary
shall furnish to the appropriate voter registrars information
obtained from the department [bureau] that will assist in
identifying the deceased registered voters of each county.
SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.209 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.209. CANCELLATION ON NOTICE OF DEATH. Not later
than the fifth business day after the date the department receives a
copy of a person's death certificate under Section 191.030, Health
and Safety Code, the department shall cancel a license issued to the
person under this subchapter.
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 191, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 191.030 to read as follows:
Sec. 191.030. RECORDS FILED WITH COUNTY AND DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY. (a) Not later than the 10th day of each month, the
local registrar shall file with the commissioners court or the
county auditor, as appropriate, a copy of each death certificate
filed with the local registrar during the preceding month.
(b) Each copy must show the local registrar's file date and
signature.
(c) The copies shall be deposited in the county clerk's
office.
(d) This section does not apply in a municipality that has
an ordinance requiring that a copy of each birth, death, and fetal
death certificate be permanently filed in the office of the
municipality's registrar.
(e) Not later than the fifth business day after the date the
local registrar files a copy of a certificate under Subsection (a),
the local registrar shall file a copy of each death certificate
filed with the local registrar during the preceding month with the
Department of Public Safety.
SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 521.011 to read as follows:
Sec. 521.011. CANCELLATION ON NOTICE OF DEATH. Not later
than the fifth business day after the date the department receives a
copy of a person's death certificate under Section 191.030, Health
and Safety Code, the department shall cancel a driver's license or
personal identification certificate issued to the person under this
chapter.
SECTION 5. Chapter 521A, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Section 521A.002 to read as follows:
Sec. 521A.002. CANCELLATION ON NOTICE OF DEATH. Not later
than the fifth business day after the date the department receives a
copy of a person's death certificate under Section 191.030, Health
and Safety Code, the department shall cancel an election
identification certificate issued to the person under this chapter.
SECTION 6. Subchapter A, Chapter 522, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 522.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 522.008. CANCELLATION ON NOTICE OF DEATH. Not later
than the fifth business day after the date the department receives a
copy of a person's death certificate under Section 191.030, Health
and Safety Code, the department shall cancel a commercial driver's
license or commercial driver learner's permit issued to the person
under this chapter.
SECTION 7. 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, 2015.