Bill Text: TX SB984 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the residence address of a person for purposes of registration under the Election Code.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-10 - Referred to State Affairs [SB984 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB984-Introduced.html
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By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 984 |
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relating to the residence address of a person for purposes of | ||
registration under the Election Code. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 1.016 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1.016. RESIDENCE FOR CERTAIN REGISTERED VOTERS. | ||
(a) For purposes of registration under this code, a person's | ||
residence is established at the first residence address in the | ||
following list that is applicable to the person: | ||
(1) the address stated on a driver's license issued to | ||
the person by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired | ||
or, if the person has notified the department of a change of address | ||
under Section 521.054, Transportation Code, the new address | ||
contained in the notification; | ||
(2) the address stated on a personal identification | ||
card issued to the person by the Department of Public Safety that | ||
has not expired or, if the person has notified the department of a | ||
change of address under Section 521.054, Transportation Code, the | ||
new address contained in the notification; | ||
(3) the address stated on a license to carry a | ||
concealed handgun issued to the person by the Department of Public | ||
Safety that has not expired or, if the person has notified the | ||
department of a change of address under Section 411.181, Government | ||
Code, the new address contained in the notification; | ||
(4) an address corresponding to a residence at which | ||
the person receives mail; | ||
(5) the address the person claims as a homestead in | ||
this state; or | ||
(6) the registration address of a vehicle the person | ||
owns. | ||
(b) A person whose residence in this state has no address | ||
may establish residence under this section by executing an | ||
affidavit stating that the person's residence in this state has no | ||
address and filing the affidavit with the secretary of state. | ||
(c) The address described by Subsection (a)(4) may not be a | ||
commercial post office box or similar location that does not | ||
correspond to a residence. | ||
(d) This section does not apply to: | ||
(1) a person who is a member of the armed forces of the | ||
United States or the spouse or a dependent of a member; or | ||
(2) a person enrolled as a full-time student at an | ||
institution of higher education. | ||
(e) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |