H.B. No. 2324
AN ACT
relating to the deadline for volunteer deputy registrars to submit
voter registration applications.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.042(c), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) An application submitted after the 34th day before the
date of an election and on or before the last day for a person to
timely submit a registration application for that election as
provided by Section 13.143 [before the 29th day before the date of
an election in which any qualified voter of the county is eligible
to vote] shall be delivered not later than 5 p.m. of the next
regular business day after the date to timely submit a registration
application for that election as provided by Section 13.143 [29th
day before election day].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2324 was passed by the House on May 9,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2324 was passed by the Senate on May
18, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor