| 1 | 1 | | 85R3387 GRM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Israel H.B. No. 1002 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the issuance of a receipt by the Department of Public |
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| 8 | 8 | | Safety to an applicant for a driver's license or personal |
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| 9 | 9 | | identification certificate that may be used to show proof of voter |
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| 10 | 10 | | registration. |
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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. Subchapter C, Chapter 20, Election Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 20.0631 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 20.0631. TRANSACTION RECEIPT. The Department of |
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| 15 | 15 | | Public Safety shall issue a transaction receipt to each qualifying |
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| 16 | 16 | | applicant for a driver's license or personal identification |
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| 17 | 17 | | certificate who completes a voter registration application as |
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| 18 | 18 | | provided by Section 20.063. The receipt must include: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) the applicant's name; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) the date of issuance of the receipt; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) a statement indicating that the applicant |
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| 22 | 22 | | submitted a voter registration application; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (4) the following statement: "This receipt is proof of |
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| 24 | 24 | | your application for voter registration. Retain it until you |
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| 25 | 25 | | receive a voter registration certificate from your local voter |
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| 26 | 26 | | registrar. If you do not receive a voter registration certificate, |
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| 27 | 27 | | you may use this as proof that you submitted a timely voter |
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| 28 | 28 | | registration application." |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Section 63.011, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 30 | 30 | | adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (f) A person who votes a provisional ballot solely because |
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| 32 | 32 | | the person's name was not on the list of registered voters for the |
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| 33 | 33 | | precinct in which the person voted may present a voter registration |
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| 34 | 34 | | receipt issued to the person under Section 20.0631 as proof that the |
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| 35 | 35 | | person is registered to vote in the precinct. An election officer |
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| 36 | 36 | | shall attach the receipt to the envelope containing the person's |
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| 37 | 37 | | provisional ballot. A person who does not present a voter |
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| 38 | 38 | | registration receipt at the time of voting a provisional ballot may |
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| 39 | 39 | | present the receipt to the voter registrar in the same manner as |
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| 40 | 40 | | presenting identification for a provisional ballot under Section |
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| 41 | 41 | | 65.0541. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 3. Section 65.054, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 43 | 43 | | adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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| 44 | 44 | | (e) For purposes of Subsection (b)(1), a voter registration |
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| 45 | 45 | | receipt indicating the voter registered in the precinct in which |
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| 46 | 46 | | the voter voted that is attached to the envelope containing a |
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| 47 | 47 | | provisional ballot or presented to the voter registrar under |
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| 48 | 48 | | Section 63.011(f) is proof that a person who voted a provisional |
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| 49 | 49 | | ballot solely because the person's name was not on the list of |
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| 50 | 50 | | registered voters for the precinct in which the person voted is |
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| 51 | 51 | | eligible to vote in the election. The voter registrar shall amend |
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| 52 | 52 | | the list of registered voters accordingly. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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