| 1 | 1 | | 88R10286 MLH-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Jetton H.B. No. 2809 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 the interstate voter registration crosscheck program. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 18.062, Election Code, is amended to |
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| 10 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 18.062. INTERSTATE VOTER REGISTRATION CROSSCHECK |
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| 12 | 12 | | PROGRAM. (a) To maintain the statewide voter registration list |
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| 13 | 13 | | and to prevent duplication of registration in more than one state or |
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| 14 | 14 | | jurisdiction, the secretary of state shall: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) cooperate with other states and jurisdictions to |
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| 16 | 16 | | develop systems to compare voters, voter history, and voter |
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| 17 | 17 | | registration lists to identify voters: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (A) whose addresses have changed; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (B) who have been convicted of a felony; or |
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| 20 | 20 | | (C) who are registered to vote in more than one |
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| 21 | 21 | | state; or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) identify and contract with the provider of a |
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| 23 | 23 | | private sector data system to identify voters: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (A) whose addresses have changed; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (B) who are registered to vote in more than one |
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| 26 | 26 | | state; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (C) who are deceased; or |
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| 28 | 28 | | (D) who are not eligible to vote for another |
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| 29 | 29 | | reason, including a felony conviction. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a-1) A private sector data system under Subsection (a)(2) |
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| 31 | 31 | | must have demonstrated an ability to work with registered voter |
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| 32 | 32 | | identification and matching systems. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) A system developed under this section must comply with |
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| 34 | 34 | | the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. Section |
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| 35 | 35 | | 20501 et seq.) and the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. |
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| 36 | 36 | | Section 20901 et seq.). |
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| 37 | 37 | | (c) The cost to begin operations with a system under |
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| 38 | 38 | | Subsection (a)(2) may not exceed $100,000. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (d) The cost of continuing operations with a system under |
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| 40 | 40 | | Subsection (a)(2) may not exceed one dollar for each voter |
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| 41 | 41 | | identified under Subsection (a)(2). |
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| 42 | 42 | | (e) The secretary of state may not provide to a system under |
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| 43 | 43 | | Subsection (a)(2) any information that is not: |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) found in a voter roll; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) necessary to identify voters under Subsection |
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| 46 | 46 | | (a)(2). |
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| 47 | 47 | | (f) The secretary of state shall record information related |
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| 48 | 48 | | to the system under Subsection (a)(2) and shall submit to the |
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| 49 | 49 | | legislature a report on that information not later than the first |
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| 50 | 50 | | day of each quarter of the state's fiscal year. |
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| 51 | 51 | | (g) A contract with a system under Subsection (a)(2) may not |
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| 52 | 52 | | require any additional duty of the state not required by this |
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| 53 | 53 | | section. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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