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