| 1 | 1 | | By: Kolkhorst, Bettencourt S.B. No. 260 |
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| 2 | 2 | | Springer |
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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 confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter |
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| 8 | 8 | | registrar. |
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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 15.051(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) The [If the registrar has reason to believe that a |
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| 13 | 13 | | voter's current residence is different from that indicated on the |
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| 14 | 14 | | registration records, or that the voter's residence address is a |
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| 15 | 15 | | commercial post office box or similar location that does not |
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| 16 | 16 | | correspond to a residence, the] registrar shall deliver to a [the] |
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| 17 | 17 | | voter a written confirmation notice requesting confirmation of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | voter's current residence if: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) the voter's residence address is a commercial post |
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| 20 | 20 | | office box or similar location that does not correspond to a |
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| 21 | 21 | | residence; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) on November 30 following a general election: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (A) the voter's name is not on the suspense list; |
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| 24 | 24 | | and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (B) the voter has not voted in any election |
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| 26 | 26 | | during the previous 25 months; or |
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| 27 | 27 | | (3) the registrar has any other reason to believe that |
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| 28 | 28 | | a voter's current residence is different from that indicated on the |
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| 29 | 29 | | registration records. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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