| 1 | 1 | | 85R1457 GRM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Schofield H.B. No. 529 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for |
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| 8 | 8 | | certain persons. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 63.0101, Election Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 63.0101. DOCUMENTATION OF PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION. |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) The following documentation is an acceptable form of photo |
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| 14 | 14 | | identification under this chapter: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) a driver's license, election identification |
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| 16 | 16 | | certificate, or personal identification card issued to the person |
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| 17 | 17 | | by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that |
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| 18 | 18 | | expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) a United States military identification card that |
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| 20 | 20 | | contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that |
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| 21 | 21 | | expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) a United States citizenship certificate issued to |
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| 23 | 23 | | the person that contains the person's photograph; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) a United States passport issued to the person that |
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| 25 | 25 | | has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the |
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| 26 | 26 | | date of presentation; or |
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| 27 | 27 | | (5) a license to carry a handgun issued to the person |
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| 28 | 28 | | by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that |
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| 29 | 29 | | expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) A person 70 years of age or older may use a form of |
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| 31 | 31 | | identification listed in Subsection (a) that has expired for the |
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| 32 | 32 | | purposes of voting if the identification is otherwise valid. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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