Bill Text: TX HB3022 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the delivery of voter registration applications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-01 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [HB3022 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB3022-Introduced.html
  85R5723 GRM-F
 
  By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 3022
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the delivery of voter registration applications.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 13.042, Election Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read
  as follows:
         (a)  A volunteer deputy registrar shall deliver in person, by
  mail, by common carrier, or by secure drop box, or by personal
  delivery through another designated volunteer deputy, to the
  registrar each completed voter registration application submitted
  to the deputy, as provided by this section. The secretary of state
  shall prescribe any procedures necessary to ensure the proper and
  timely delivery of completed applications that are not delivered in
  person by the volunteer deputy who receives them.
         (c)  An application submitted after the 34th day and before
  the 29th day before the date of an election in which any qualified
  voter of the county is eligible to vote shall be delivered not later
  than 5 p.m. of the 29th day before election day, unless the voter
  registrar sets a specific later time.  If the voter registrar sets a
  later time to accept applications, the deadline and location of
  acceptance must be posted on the voter registrar's website, if the
  county maintains a website, and all volunteer deputy registrars
  must be notified of the deadline and location of acceptance.
         (d)  A voter registrar may create a secure drop box for a
  volunteer deputy registrar to deliver completed voter registration
  applications.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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