Bill Text: TX SB216 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to procedures related to the placement of a voter on the suspense list.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-16 - Left pending in committee [SB216 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB216-Engrossed.html
| By: Ellis | S.B. No. 216 | |
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| relating to procedures related to the placement of a voter on the | ||
| suspense list. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 14.022, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 14.022. ERRONEOUS RETURN OF RENEWAL CERTIFICATE. | ||
| (a) A voter registrar shall determine whether [ |
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| undelivered solely because of postal service error, address | ||
| reclassification, or the registrar's clerical error. If the | ||
| registrar determines that the certificate was returned solely | ||
| because of that error or reclassification, the registrar shall | ||
| delete the voter's name from the suspense list, make any other | ||
| appropriate corrections in the registration records, and deliver | ||
| the certificate to the voter. | ||
| (b) The secretary of state shall adopt rules for the | ||
| determination under this section of whether a voter's renewal | ||
| certificate was returned undelivered solely because of postal | ||
| service error, address reclassification, or the registrar's | ||
| clerical error. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 63.0011, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) The secretary of state shall adopt rules to provide for | ||
| the uniform and auditable processing of a statement of residence | ||
| required under this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
| 14.022, Election Code, applies only to a voter registration renewal | ||
| certificate returned undelivered and received by a voter registrar | ||
| on or after the effective date of this Act. A voter registration | ||
| renewal certificate returned undelivered and received by a voter | ||
| registrar before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
| law in effect when the registrar received the undelivered | ||
| certificate, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
