Bill Text: TX SB371 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to issuance of a receipt for a voter registration applicant.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-02 - Referred to State Affairs [SB371 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB371-Introduced.html
84R2638 SRS-D | ||
By: Ellis | S.B. No. 371 |
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relating to issuance of a receipt for a voter registration | ||
applicant. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 13.009 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 13.009. ISSUANCE OF RECEIPT. (a) This section applies | ||
only to a completed registration application that is submitted by | ||
the applicant in person to a voter registrar, deputy registrar, or | ||
volunteer deputy registrar or a voter registration agency | ||
designated under Chapter 20. This section does not apply to a | ||
completed registration application that is submitted by mail. | ||
(b) On receipt of a completed registration application, the | ||
person receiving the application shall prepare a receipt in | ||
duplicate on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and | ||
furnished by the registrar. | ||
(c) The receipt must contain: | ||
(1) the name of the applicant and, if applicable, the | ||
name of the applicant's agent; and | ||
(2) the date the completed application is submitted. | ||
(d) The person receiving the application shall sign the | ||
receipt in the applicant's presence and shall give the original to | ||
the applicant. | ||
(e) The person receiving the application shall deliver the | ||
duplicate receipt to the registrar with the registration | ||
application. The registrar shall retain the receipt on file with | ||
the application. | ||
(f) The secretary of state may prescribe a procedure that is | ||
an alternative to the procedure prescribed by this section that | ||
will ensure the accountability of the registration applications. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 13.040, Election Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a voter registration application submitted on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |