87S21443 ADM-F
By: Klick H.B. No. 241
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a voting system requirement that a person voting by
personal appearance confirm the voter's eligibility to vote before
accessing a ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 122, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 122.0015 to read as follows:
Sec. 122.0015. VOTING SYSTEM STANDARDS: CONFIRMATION OF
ELIGIBILITY. (a) A voting system may not be used in an election
unless the voting system requires a person seeking to vote by
personal appearance, before the person may access the ballot, to
confirm that the person:
(1) is a United States citizen;
(2) is a resident of the county in which the person
seeks to vote;
(3) has not been determined by a final judgment of a
court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:
(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or
(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the
right to vote; and
(4) has not been finally convicted of a felony or, if
so convicted, has:
(A) fully discharged the person's sentence,
including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or
completed a period of probation ordered by any court; or
(B) been pardoned or otherwise released from the
resulting disability to vote.
(b) The confirmation required under Subsection (a) may be
completed by the person seeking to vote in one motion or gesture.
(c) A person seeking to vote may request assistance from an
election officer if the person:
(1) has questions about the confirmation; or
(2) determines that the person is unable to complete
the confirmation.
(d) The secretary of state shall adopt rules to implement
this section.
SECTION 2. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.