85R14556 GRM-F
By: Bohac H.B. No. 4034
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to updating a voter's information using information
provided on a federal postcard application or an application for an
early voting ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.031(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The registrar shall cancel a voter's registration
immediately on receipt of:
(1) notice under Section 13.072(b) or 15.021 or a
response under Section 15.053 that the voter's residence is outside
the county;
(2) an abstract of the voter's death certificate under
Section 16.001(a) or an abstract of an application indicating that
the voter is deceased under Section 16.001(b);
(3) an abstract of a final judgment of the voter's
total mental incapacity, partial mental incapacity without the
right to vote, conviction of a felony, or disqualification under
Section 16.002, 16.003, or 16.004;
(4) notice under Section 112.012 that the voter has
applied for a limited ballot in another county;
(5) notice from a voter registration official in
another state that the voter has registered to vote outside this
state;
(6) notice from the early voting clerk under Section
101.053 [101.0041] that a federal postcard application submitted by
an applicant states a voting residence address located outside the
registrar's county; or
(7) notice from the secretary of state that the voter
has registered to vote in another county, as determined by the
voter's driver's license number or personal identification card
number issued by the Department of Public Safety or social security
number.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 84.014 to read as follows:
Sec. 84.014. ACTION BY EARLY VOTING CLERK ON CERTAIN
APPLICATIONS. If an applicant provides a date of birth, driver's
license number, or social security number on the applicant's
application for an early voting ballot to be voted by mail that is
different from or in addition to the information maintained by the
voter registrar in accordance with Title 2, the early voting clerk
shall notify the voter registrar. The voter registrar shall update
the voter's record with the information provided by the applicant.
SECTION 3. Section 101.053, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 101.053. ACTION BY EARLY VOTING CLERK ON CERTAIN
APPLICATIONS. (a) The early voting clerk shall notify the voter
registrar of a federal postcard application submitted by an
applicant that states a voting residence address located outside
the registrar's county.
(b) If an applicant provides a date of birth, driver's
license number, or social security number on the applicant's
federal postcard application that is different from or in addition
to the information maintained by the voter registrar in accordance
with Title 2, the early voting clerk shall notify the voter
registrar. The voter registrar shall update the voter's record
with the information provided by the applicant.
SECTION 4. 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.