85R5723 GRM-F
By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 3022
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the delivery of voter registration applications.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.042, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read
as follows:
(a) A volunteer deputy registrar shall deliver in person, by
mail, by common carrier, or by secure drop box, or by personal
delivery through another designated volunteer deputy, to the
registrar each completed voter registration application submitted
to the deputy, as provided by this section. The secretary of state
shall prescribe any procedures necessary to ensure the proper and
timely delivery of completed applications that are not delivered in
person by the volunteer deputy who receives them.
(c) An application submitted after the 34th day and 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 29th day before election day, unless the voter
registrar sets a specific later time. If the voter registrar sets a
later time to accept applications, the deadline and location of
acceptance must be posted on the voter registrar's website, if the
county maintains a website, and all volunteer deputy registrars
must be notified of the deadline and location of acceptance.
(d) A voter registrar may create a secure drop box for a
volunteer deputy registrar to deliver completed voter registration
applications.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.