Bill Text: TX SB569 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the time for making required reports of deceased residents of this state to a voter registrar and to the secretary of state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to State Affairs [SB569 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB569-Introduced.html
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By: Springer | S.B. No. 569 |
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relating to the time for making required reports of deceased | ||
residents of this state to a voter registrar and to the secretary of | ||
state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 16.001(a) and (b), Election Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Each month the local registrar of deaths shall prepare | ||
an abstract of each death certificate issued in the month for a | ||
decedent 18 years of age or older who was a resident of the state at | ||
the time of death. The local registrar of deaths shall file each | ||
abstract with the voter registrar of the decedent's county of | ||
residence and the secretary of state as soon as possible, but not | ||
later than one [ |
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(b) Each month the clerk of each court having probate | ||
jurisdiction shall prepare an abstract of each application for | ||
probate of a will, administration of a decedent's estate, or | ||
determination of heirship, and each affidavit under Chapter 205, | ||
Estates Code, that is filed in the month with a court served by the | ||
clerk. The clerk shall file each abstract with the voter registrar | ||
and the secretary of state as soon as possible, but not later than | ||
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the abstract is prepared. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |