Bill Text: TX HB369 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to procedures concerning verification of certain information submitted in a voter registration application.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-04 - Left pending in committee [HB369 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB369-Introduced.html
By: Hochberg | H.B. No. 369 |
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relating to procedures concerning verification of certain | ||
information submitted in a voter registration application. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 13, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 13.0725 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 13.0725. PROCESS FOR VERIFICATION OF APPLICANT'S TEXAS | ||
DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUED | ||
PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. (a) | ||
The secretary of state shall adopt rules establishing standards | ||
used for the verification of information on a voter registration | ||
application submitted by a registrar under Section | ||
13.072(a)(2)(A). The rules shall provide a process by which the | ||
secretary of state verifies an applicant's Texas driver's license | ||
number or Department of Public Safety issued personal | ||
identification card number if, based on the available information, | ||
a minor correction in the applicant's last name or date of birth as | ||
submitted by the registrar would lead a reasonable person to | ||
conclude that the number submitted is the correct number for that | ||
applicant. | ||
(b) If available, the secretary of state shall provide the | ||
registrar with the name and date of birth maintained by the | ||
Department of Public Safety or other agency used in the | ||
verification process for a submitted application that corresponds | ||
to the Texas driver's license number, Department of Public Safety | ||
issued personal identification card number, or social security | ||
number submitted by the registrar for verification if: | ||
(1) the secretary of state cannot verify the accuracy | ||
of an applicant's Texas driver's license number, Department of | ||
Public Safety issued personal identification card number, or social | ||
security number as submitted by the registrar; or | ||
(2) the secretary of state verifies the accuracy of | ||
the number provided, but it is not a perfect match with the personal | ||
information provided by the registrar. | ||
(c) A registrar shall review the information provided by the | ||
secretary of state under Subsection (b). If the registrar | ||
determines that a governmental clerical error was made in | ||
processing or submitting the application, the registrar shall | ||
correct the registration record and submit a corrected record to | ||
the secretary of state as notice of the correction, and for | ||
verification under Section 13.072(a)(2) if the application was not | ||
verified. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 13.073(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the registrar | ||
shall deliver written notice of the reason for the rejection of an | ||
application to the applicant not later than the second day after the | ||
date of rejection. If an application is rejected because it was not | ||
verified by the secretary of state under Section 13.072, the notice | ||
shall indicate whether the last name, date of birth, Texas driver's | ||
license number, Department of Public Safety issued personal | ||
identification card number, or social security number was the | ||
reason for the failure to verify, if that information is provided to | ||
the registrar by the secretary of state under Section 13.0725. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2012, the secretary of | ||
state shall adopt rules establishing the standards required by | ||
Section 13.0725, Election Code, as added by this Act. | ||
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, 2011. |