H.B. No. 3593

	AN ACT
	relating to the determination that a voter is deceased.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Sections 16.033(b), (c), and (d), Election Code,
	are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  If the registrar has reason to believe that a voter is no
	longer eligible for registration, the registrar shall deliver
	written notice to the voter indicating that the voter's
	registration status is being investigated by the registrar. The
	notice shall be delivered by forwardable mail to the mailing
	address on the voter's registration application and to any new
	address of the voter known to the registrar. If the secretary of
	state has adopted or recommended a form for a written notice under
	this section, the registrar must use that form.
	(c)  The notice must include:
	(1)  a request for information relevant to determining
	the voter's eligibility for registration; and
	(2)  a warning that the voter's registration is subject
	to cancellation if the registrar does not receive an appropriate
	reply on or before the 30th day after the date the notice is mailed.
	(d)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), the registrar
	shall cancel a voter's registration if:
	(1)  after considering the voter's reply, the registrar
	determines that the voter is not eligible for registration;
	(2)  no reply is received from the voter on or before
	the 30th day after the date the notice is mailed to the voter under
	Subsection (b); or
	(3)  each notice mailed under Subsection (b) is
	returned undelivered to the registrar with no forwarding
	information available.
	SECTION 2.  Section 18.068, Election Code, as added by
	Chapter 683 (H.B. 174), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular
	Session, 2011, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 18.068.  COMPARISON OF INFORMATION REGARDING
	INELIGIBILITY. (a)  The secretary of state shall quarterly compare
	the information received under Section 16.001 of this code and
	Section 62.113, Government Code, to the statewide computerized
	voter registration list. If the secretary determines that a voter
	on the registration list is deceased or has been excused or
	disqualified from jury service because the voter is not a citizen,
	the secretary shall send notice of the determination to the voter
	registrar of the counties considered appropriate by the secretary.
	(b)  The secretary of state shall by rule determine what
	information combinations identified as common to a voter and to an
	individual who is deceased 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 is
	deceased based on a weak match. The secretary of state may inform
	the county of the voter's residence that a weak match exists.
	(d)  On receiving notification from the secretary of state
	under Subsection (c) that a weak match of identifying information
	exists for a county voter and an individual who is deceased, the
	county shall investigate whether the voter is the individual who is
	deceased.
	(e)  The secretary of state may determine that a voter is
	deceased based on a strong match.
	(f)  The secretary of state may obtain, for purposes of
	determining whether a voter is deceased, information from other
	state agency databases relating to a voter that is the same type of
	information that the secretary of state or a voter registrar
	collects or stores for voter registration purposes.
	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.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3593 was passed by the House on May
	10, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 88, Nays 50, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 3593 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 90, Nays 53,
	2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3593 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays
	6.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor