Bill Text: TX SB570 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter registrar.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to State Affairs [SB570 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB570-Introduced.html
| By: Springer | S.B. No. 570 | |
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| relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter | ||
| registrar. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 15.051(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) If the registrar receives notice under Section 13.146, | ||
| 14.023, 15.053, 16.0921, or 18.0681(d) or otherwise has reason to | ||
| believe that a voter's current residence is different from that | ||
| indicated on the registration records, the registrar shall deliver | ||
| to the voter a written confirmation notice requesting confirmation | ||
| of the voter's current residence. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 15, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 15.054 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 15.054. CONFIRMATION NOTICE AFTER EVIDENCE OF CHANGE | ||
| OF RESIDENCE. (a) At least annually the registrar shall: | ||
| (1) request from the United States Postal Service any | ||
| available information, including information from the National | ||
| Change of Address database, indicating address reclassifications | ||
| or changes of address affecting the registered voters of the | ||
| county; and | ||
| (2) for each voter in the county who fails to vote in | ||
| any election, submit an application for a ballot to be voted by mail | ||
| under Chapter 84 or 101, or submit a change in voter registration | ||
| under Chapter 13 or 15 for two years from the date of a general | ||
| election for state and county officers, examine real property sales | ||
| and other public records to determine whether the voter changed | ||
| residence to a location outside of the county. | ||
| (b) If information obtained under Subsection (a) gives the | ||
| registrar reason to believe a voter has changed the voter's | ||
| residence to a location outside of the county, the registrar shall | ||
| deliver a confirmation notice to the voter in accordance with | ||
| Section 15.051. | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
