Bill Text: TX HB209 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to voter registration application forms in high schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB209 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB209-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Canales | H.B. No. 209 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 209: | |||
| By: Allen | C.S.H.B. No. 209 | ||
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| relating to voter registration application forms in high schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 13.046, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (c-1) and (i) and amending Subsection (h) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) A high school shall always make available | ||
| registration application forms to students and employees of the | ||
| school. | ||
| (h) The secretary of state shall: | ||
| (1) consult with the Texas Education Agency regarding | ||
| the number of registration application forms to provide to each | ||
| high school; | ||
| (2) provide to each high school registration | ||
| application forms in the number determined from the consultation | ||
| under Subdivision (1); and | ||
| (3) prescribe any additional procedures necessary to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| (i) A registration application form provided or made | ||
| available under this section must be in the form of the officially | ||
| prescribed application form for registration by mail under Section | ||
| 13.121. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2017. | ||
