84R7427 ATP-D
By: Kacal H.B. No. 3779
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing certain persons with a form notifying the
voter registrar of a death.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 651, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 651.411 to read as follows:
Sec. 651.411. COUNTY VOTER REGISTRAR SWORN STATEMENT FORM.
(a) A funeral director or agent of a funeral establishment shall
provide to the family, next of kin, or other person making funeral
arrangements for a deceased person a form to be mailed to the voter
registrar of the county in which the deceased person resided to
inform the voter registrar that the person is deceased.
(b) The secretary of state shall prescribe the form and the
contents of the form. The form must:
(1) state that the person submitting the form must be
related to the deceased person within the second degree by
consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573,
Government Code;
(2) require the person submitting the form to swear to
the information provided on the form and sign the form; and
(3) require the person to provide enough information
to enable the voter registrar to distinguish the deceased person
from any other registered voter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.