Bill Text: TX HB1841 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requirements for certain forms provided by a voter registrar.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-04 - Referred to Elections [HB1841 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1841-Introduced.html
83R7826 JRJ-F | ||
By: Wu | H.B. No. 1841 |
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relating to requirements for certain forms provided by a voter | ||
registrar. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 13.040, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsections (b) and (e) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a-1) A form for a receipt prescribed by this section must | ||
be provided to a volunteer deputy registrar in all languages in | ||
which ballots in the county are required to be printed under Chapter | ||
272. | ||
(b) The receipt must contain: | ||
(1) the name of the applicant and, if applicable, the | ||
name of the applicant's agent; [ |
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(2) the date the completed application is submitted to | ||
the volunteer deputy; and | ||
(3) the printed name of the volunteer deputy. | ||
(e) The secretary of state shall develop procedures to | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 272.011(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The secretary of state shall prepare the translation for | ||
election materials required to be provided in a language other than | ||
English or Spanish for the following state prescribed voter forms: | ||
(1) voter registration application form required by | ||
Section 13.002; | ||
(2) the registration application receipt required by | ||
Section 13.040; | ||
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15.051; | ||
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Section 62.011; | ||
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Section 63.0011; | ||
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by Section 63.011; | ||
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required by Section 84.011; | ||
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instructions required by Section 86.013; and | ||
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state identifies as frequently used and for which state resources | ||
are otherwise available. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 272.007(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the | ||
secretary of state shall prepare the Spanish translation for the | ||
bilingual election materials required by Sections 272.005 and | ||
272.006 and the registration application receipt required by | ||
Section 13.040. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a receipt issued for a voter registration application submitted on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. A receipt issued for a | ||
voter registration application submitted before the effective date | ||
of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the receipt was | ||
issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |