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| 1 | 1 | 85R7006 GRM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Israel H.B. No. 1991 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the requirements for submitting a statement of | |
| 8 | 8 | residence at a polling place. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 63.0011(c), Election Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) Before being accepted for voting, the voter must execute | |
| 13 | 13 | and submit to an election officer a statement including: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) a statement that the voter satisfies the | |
| 15 | 15 | applicable residence requirements prescribed by Subsection (b); | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) all of the information that a person must include | |
| 17 | 17 | in an application to register to vote under Section 13.002, except | |
| 18 | 18 | that the application does not need to be signed by the applicant; | |
| 19 | 19 | and | |
| 20 | 20 | (3) the date the statement is submitted to the | |
| 21 | 21 | election officer. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |