85R19358 GRM-D
By: Schofield H.B. No. 530
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 530:
By: Larson C.S.H.B. No. 530
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the delivery of certain voter registration
certificates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.144, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), not [Not] later
than the 30th day after the date the registrar receives the
application, the registrar shall deliver the original of an initial
certificate:
(1) in person to the applicant or the applicant's agent
appointed under Section 13.003; or
(2) by mail to the applicant.
(c) The registrar may not deliver an initial certificate
during the 30 days immediately preceding an election in which the
applicant's registration will not be effective but shall deliver
the certificate in the manner prescribed by Subsection (a) not
later than the 45th day after the date the registrar receives the
application.
SECTION 2. Section 14.001, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the registrar may not
deliver a renewal certificate during the 30 days immediately
preceding an election in which the applicant's registration will
not be effective.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a voter registration certificate for which an application is
received by the voter registrar on or after September 1, 2017.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.