Bill Text: TX SB1046 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to information regarding deceased registered voters.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB1046 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1046-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1046 | ||
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| relating to information regarding deceased registered voters. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 16.001, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The secretary of state shall quarterly obtain from the | ||
| United States Social Security Administration available information | ||
| specified by the secretary relating to deceased residents of the | ||
| state and compare the information received to the statewide | ||
| computerized voter registration list. If the secretary determines | ||
| that a voter on the registration list is deceased, the secretary | ||
| shall send notice of the determination to the voter registrar of the | ||
| counties considered appropriate by the secretary. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 16.031, Election Code, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The registrar shall cancel a voter's registration | ||
| immediately if the registrar: | ||
| (1) determines from information received under | ||
| Section 16.001(c) that the voter is deceased; | ||
| (2) has personal knowledge that the voter is deceased; | ||
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| (3) receives from a person related within the second | ||
| degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter | ||
| 573, Government Code, to the voter a sworn statement by that person | ||
| indicating that the voter is deceased; or | ||
| (4) receives notice from the secretary of state under | ||
| Section 16.001(d) that the voter is deceased. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1046 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1046 passed the House on | ||
| May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
