88R2606 MLH-D
By: Middleton S.B. No. 1877
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the timing of state financing for voter registration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 19.002, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) Beginning [After] June 1 of each year and until the last
day of the 27th month after, the secretary of state shall make
payments pursuant to vouchers submitted by the registrar and
approved by the secretary of state in amounts that in the aggregate
do not exceed the registrar's entitlement. The secretary of state
shall prescribe the procedures necessary to implement this
subsection.
(c) A voucher for a payment under this section is considered
timely if it is submitted not later than the 30th day after the
period of the entitlement described by Subsection (b).
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 September 1, 2023.