84R2638 SRS-D
By: Ellis S.B. No. 371
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to issuance of a receipt for a voter registration
applicant.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 13.009 to read as follows:
Sec. 13.009. ISSUANCE OF RECEIPT. (a) This section applies
only to a completed registration application that is submitted by
the applicant in person to a voter registrar, deputy registrar, or
volunteer deputy registrar or a voter registration agency
designated under Chapter 20. This section does not apply to a
completed registration application that is submitted by mail.
(b) On receipt of a completed registration application, the
person receiving the application shall prepare a receipt in
duplicate on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and
furnished by the registrar.
(c) The receipt must contain:
(1) the name of the applicant and, if applicable, the
name of the applicant's agent; and
(2) the date the completed application is submitted.
(d) The person receiving the application shall sign the
receipt in the applicant's presence and shall give the original to
the applicant.
(e) The person receiving the application shall deliver the
duplicate receipt to the registrar with the registration
application. The registrar shall retain the receipt on file with
the application.
(f) The secretary of state may prescribe a procedure that is
an alternative to the procedure prescribed by this section that
will ensure the accountability of the registration applications.
SECTION 2. Section 13.040, Election Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a voter registration application submitted on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.