| 1 | 1 | | 85R3284 GRM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Turner H.B. No. 1130 |
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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 a study on the implementation of photo voter |
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| 8 | 8 | | identification requirements. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 31.013 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 31.013. STUDY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF VOTER |
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| 13 | 13 | | IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) The secretary of state shall |
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| 14 | 14 | | conduct a study on the implementation of the changes in law made by |
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| 15 | 15 | | Chapter 123 (S.B. 14), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular |
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| 16 | 16 | | Session, 2011, including: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) the costs of implementation; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) additional requirements for election workers to |
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| 19 | 19 | | accept a voter; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) the amount of time needed to accept a voter at the |
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| 21 | 21 | | polling place; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4) training, if any, provided to election workers at |
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| 23 | 23 | | the county and precinct levels. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) Not later than January 1, 2019, the secretary of state |
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| 25 | 25 | | shall report the study's findings to the committees of each house of |
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| 26 | 26 | | the legislature with jurisdiction over elections. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (c) This section expires September 1, 2019. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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