Bill Text: TX HB2484 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of Voter Education Month for public school students in grade 12.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-12 - Referred to Public Education [HB2484 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2484-Introduced.html
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| By: Alvarado | H.B. No. 2484 | |
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| relating to the establishment of Voter Education Month for public | ||
| school students in grade 12. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 29.921 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 29.921. HIGH SCHOOL VOTER EDUCATION MONTH. (a) To | ||
| educate high school seniors about the importance of voting to a | ||
| healthy democracy, each school district and open-enrollment | ||
| charter school offering grade 12 shall designate one month during | ||
| the school year as Voter Education Month. | ||
| (b) During Voter Education Month, each high school campus | ||
| and open-enrollment charter school shall provide eligible students | ||
| an opportunity to register to vote at the campus. | ||
| (c) At the request of the principal of a high school or an | ||
| officer of an open-enrollment charter school, the voter registrar | ||
| designated under Chapter 12, Election Code, for the county in which | ||
| the campus is located shall assist in the registration of eligible | ||
| students. | ||
| (d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
| offering grade 12, in consultation with the voter registrar | ||
| designated under Chapter 12, Election Code, for the county in which | ||
| the district or campus is located, may develop a nonpartisan voter | ||
| education program to present to high school seniors during Voter | ||
| Education Month. | ||
| (e) A voter education program developed under Subsection | ||
| (d) must provide information regarding: | ||
| (1) the importance of voting; | ||
| (2) balloting procedures and voting systems used in | ||
| this state; | ||
| (3) election dates and polling hours and locations; | ||
| and | ||
| (4) procedures for early voting. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
