| 1 | 1 | | 84R24899 ATP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Kacal H.B. No. 3779 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3779: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Schofield C.S.H.B. No. 3779 |
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| 5 | 5 | | |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to providing certain persons with resources for notifying |
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| 10 | 10 | | the voter registrar of a death and related procedures. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 16.031, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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| 14 | 14 | | follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) The registrar shall cancel a voter's registration |
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| 16 | 16 | | immediately if the registrar: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) determines from information received under |
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| 18 | 18 | | Section 16.001(c) that the voter is deceased; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) has personal knowledge that the voter is deceased; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) receives from a person related within the second |
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| 21 | 21 | | degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter |
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| 22 | 22 | | 573, Government Code, to the voter a signed [sworn] statement by |
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| 23 | 23 | | that person indicating that the voter is deceased; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) receives notice from the secretary of state under |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 18.068 that the voter is deceased. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) The secretary of state shall prescribe and make publicly |
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| 27 | 27 | | available a form that a person may use to make a statement under |
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| 28 | 28 | | Subsection (b)(3). The form must: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) state that the person submitting the form must be |
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| 30 | 30 | | related to the deceased person within the second degree by |
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| 31 | 31 | | consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, |
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| 32 | 32 | | Government Code; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) require the person submitting the form to sign the |
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| 34 | 34 | | form; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) require the person to provide enough information |
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| 36 | 36 | | to enable the voter registrar to distinguish the deceased person |
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| 37 | 37 | | from any other registered voter. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. Section 651.201(a), Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 39 | 39 | | to read as follows: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (a) The commission shall prepare a brochure with |
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| 41 | 41 | | information of public interest: |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) explaining matters relating to funerals; [and] |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) describing: |
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| 44 | 44 | | (A) the functions of the commission; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) the commission's procedures for filing and |
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| 46 | 46 | | resolving a public complaint; and |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) informing persons that a voter registrar must |
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| 48 | 48 | | cancel a voter's voter registration if a person related to the voter |
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| 49 | 49 | | within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity, as |
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| 50 | 50 | | determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, provides the |
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| 51 | 51 | | registrar with a signed statement by the person indicating that the |
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| 52 | 52 | | voter is deceased, and that the secretary of state has adopted a |
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| 53 | 53 | | form that may be used to make the signed statement. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. |
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