Bill Text: TX HB3490 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to maintenance of the statewide voter registration list.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-03 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3490 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3490-Comm_Sub.html
85R24345 JRJ-D | |||
By: Anderson of Dallas | H.B. No. 3490 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3490: | |||
By: Laubenberg | C.S.H.B. No. 3490 |
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relating to maintenance of the statewide voter registration list. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 18.061(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) Under procedures prescribed by the secretary of state, | ||
each voter registrar shall provide to the secretary of state on an | ||
expedited basis the information necessary to maintain the | ||
registration list established under Subsection (a). The procedures | ||
shall provide for the electronic submission of the information and | ||
ensure that each voter registrar collects and reports the correct | ||
month, day, and year of birth for each registered voter. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 18, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 18.0681 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 18.0681. SECRETARY OF STATE AUTHORITY TO ELIMINATE | ||
DUPLICATE REGISTRATION RECORDS. (a) The secretary of state shall | ||
periodically compare the information regarding voters maintained | ||
as part of the statewide computerized voter registration list to | ||
determine whether any voters have more than one voter registration | ||
record on file. | ||
(b) The secretary of state shall by rule determine what | ||
information combinations identified as common to more than one | ||
registration record constitute a weak match or a strong match in | ||
order to: | ||
(1) produce the least possible impact on Texas voters; | ||
and | ||
(2) fulfill its responsibility to manage the voter | ||
rolls. | ||
(c) The secretary of state may not determine that a voter | ||
has more than one registration record based on a weak match. The | ||
secretary of state may inform the county of the voter's residence | ||
that a weak match exists. | ||
(d) If the secretary of state determines that a voter on the | ||
registration list has more than one registration record on file | ||
based on a strong match, the secretary shall send notice of the | ||
determination to the voter registrar of each county in which the | ||
voter is registered to vote. If the voter records identified are: | ||
(1) located in the same county, the voter registrar | ||
may merge the records following a determination that each record | ||
belongs to the same voter using the procedure for the correction of | ||
registration records under Section 15.022; or | ||
(2) located in more than one county, the registrar of | ||
the county with the oldest record may deliver a written | ||
confirmation notice in accordance with Section 15.051. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 62.0132(g), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(g) The information contained in a completed questionnaire | ||
may be disclosed to: | ||
(1) a judge assigned to hear a cause of action in which | ||
the respondent to the questionnaire is a potential juror; | ||
(2) court personnel; [ |
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(3) a litigant and a litigant's attorney in a cause of | ||
action in which the respondent to the questionnaire is a potential | ||
juror; and | ||
(4) other than information provided that is related to | ||
Section 62.102(8) or (9), the voter registrar of a county in | ||
connection with any matter of voter registration or the | ||
administration of elections. | ||
SECTION 4. 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. |