Bill Text: AZ HB2397 | 2018 | Fifty-third Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Voter data; validation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-13 - House FPRPP Committee action: Failed To Pass, voting: (4-5-0-0-0-0) [HB2397 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2018-HB2397-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: voter data; validation |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018
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HB 2397 |
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Introduced by Representative Thorpe
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AN ACT
amending title 16, chapter 1, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 16‑154; amending title 28, chapter 2, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 28‑450; amending title 28, chapter 8, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 28‑3324; relating to voter registration.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 16, chapter 1, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 16-154, to read:
16-154. Address validation
On receipt of a completed voter registration form that contains a registrant's driver license or nonoperating identification license number, the secretary of state or a county recorder, as applicable, shall provide to the department of transportation a summary of the registrant's relevant information for the purposes of validating the registrant's residence address. The summary shall include the registrant's full name, address, date of birth and driver license or nonoperating identification license number.
Sec. 2. Title 28, chapter 2, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-450, to read:
28-450. Address inconsistency; voter registration form; notice; violation; civil penalty; suspension
A. The department shall determine that a person's residence address on the department's records is the same as the person's residence address on the summary that the department receives from the secretary of state's office as prescribed by section 16‑154. If the department determines that the addresses are not the same, the department shall notify the person of the inconsistencY in writing. The notice shall contain:
1. A provision that within thirty days after the date on the notice if the person provides written evidence to the department that the person has registered to vote using an address that is the same as the address in the department's records, the person is not in violation of section 28‑448 and is not subject to a civil penalty.
2. A provision that if the person does not provide evidence as described in paragraph 1 of this subsection, the person:
(a) Is in violation of section 28‑448.
(b) Is subject to a civil penalty of ten percent of the maximum civil penalty prescribed by section 28‑1598.
(c) Must update the person's address with the department within ten days or be subject to a suspension of the person's driver or nonoperating identification license.
3. The language of sections 28‑448 and 28‑1598.
B. Within thirty days after the date on the notice, the person shall submit written evidence to the department that the person is registered to vote using an address that is the same as the address in the department's records. If the person fails to submit this evidence, the person is all of the following:
1. In violation of section 28‑448.
2. Subject to a civil penalty of ten percent of the maximum civil penalty prescribed by section 28‑1598.
3. Subject to a license suspension pursuant to section 28‑3324.
Sec. 3. Title 28, chapter 8, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-3324, to read:
28-3324. License record; address; suspension
If within thirty days after the date on the notice prescribed by section 28‑450 a person fails to provide written evidence that the person has registered to vote using an address that is the same as the address on the department's record and the person fails to update the person's address with the department within ten days, the department shall suspend the person's driver or nonoperating identification license until the person provides evidence that the voting record address and the department address are the same.
