85R3387 GRM-D
By: Israel H.B. No. 1002
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a receipt by the Department of Public
Safety to an applicant for a driver's license or personal
identification certificate that may be used to show proof of voter
registration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 20, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 20.0631 to read as follows:
Sec. 20.0631. TRANSACTION RECEIPT. The Department of
Public Safety shall issue a transaction receipt to each qualifying
applicant for a driver's license or personal identification
certificate who completes a voter registration application as
provided by Section 20.063. The receipt must include:
(1) the applicant's name;
(2) the date of issuance of the receipt;
(3) a statement indicating that the applicant
submitted a voter registration application; and
(4) the following statement: "This receipt is proof of
your application for voter registration. Retain it until you
receive a voter registration certificate from your local voter
registrar. If you do not receive a voter registration certificate,
you may use this as proof that you submitted a timely voter
registration application."
SECTION 2. Section 63.011, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) A person who votes a provisional ballot solely because
the person's name was not on the list of registered voters for the
precinct in which the person voted may present a voter registration
receipt issued to the person under Section 20.0631 as proof that the
person is registered to vote in the precinct. An election officer
shall attach the receipt to the envelope containing the person's
provisional ballot. A person who does not present a voter
registration receipt at the time of voting a provisional ballot may
present the receipt to the voter registrar in the same manner as
presenting identification for a provisional ballot under Section
65.0541.
SECTION 3. Section 65.054, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) For purposes of Subsection (b)(1), a voter registration
receipt indicating the voter registered in the precinct in which
the voter voted that is attached to the envelope containing a
provisional ballot or presented to the voter registrar under
Section 63.011(f) is proof that a person who voted a provisional
ballot solely because the person's name was not on the list of
registered voters for the precinct in which the person voted is
eligible to vote in the election. The voter registrar shall amend
the list of registered voters accordingly.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.