By: Israel (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2324
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;
May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 15, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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