Bill Text: TX HB3327 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to automatic voter registration of students enrolled in public institutions of higher education.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Referred to Elections [HB3327 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3327-Introduced.html
| 85R9117 SRS-D | ||
| By: Thierry | H.B. No. 3327 | |
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| relating to automatic voter registration of students enrolled in | ||
| public institutions of higher education. | ||
| 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. VOTER REGISTRATION THROUGH INSTITUTIONS OF | ||
| HIGHER EDUCATION. (a) The voter registrar of each county shall | ||
| automatically register any county resident who is eligible to vote | ||
| as provided by Section 13.001 and is enrolled in an institution of | ||
| higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
| (b) A student's application for enrollment in an | ||
| institution of higher education with an indication provided by | ||
| Section 20.133(b) that the enrollment is not for voter registration | ||
| purposes is not subject to this section. | ||
| (c) The secretary of state shall adopt rules and prescribe | ||
| procedures for the implementation of this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 20.001, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) Each institution of higher education, as defined by | ||
| Section 61.003, Education Code, is designated as a voter | ||
| registration agency. | ||
| SECTION 3. Chapter 20, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subchapter F to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER F. INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION | ||
| Sec. 20.131. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "institution | ||
| of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, | ||
| Education Code. | ||
| Sec. 20.132. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS. The other | ||
| provisions of this chapter apply to an institution of higher | ||
| education except provisions that conflict with this subchapter or | ||
| Section 13.009. | ||
| Sec. 20.133. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. (a) An institution | ||
| of higher education shall consider each person of voting age | ||
| enrolled at the institution an applicant for voter registration. | ||
| (b) An institution of higher education shall prescribe and | ||
| use a form and procedure that combines the institution's | ||
| application for enrollment with an officially prescribed voter | ||
| registration application form. The form and procedure must include | ||
| the option for an applicant to provide an appropriate address at the | ||
| time of enrollment in the institution. The form must allow a | ||
| student to indicate that the student does not wish the student's | ||
| enrollment to be used for voter registration purposes. | ||
| (c) The design, content, and physical characteristics of | ||
| the institution's forms must be approved by the secretary of state. | ||
| Sec. 20.134. RULES. The secretary of state shall prescribe | ||
| additional procedures as necessary to implement this subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
