H.B. No. 2059




AN ACT

relating to the period of voter registration of a person registered 
by a federal postcard application.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 101.006(a), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  The submission of a federal postcard application that 
complies with the applicable requirements by an unregistered 
applicant constitutes registration by the applicant only for the 
purpose of voting in the election for which a ballot is requested 
and each election [for a federal office] that occurs on or before 
the date of the second general election for state and county 
officers that occurs after the date the application is submitted.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to an applicant who submits a federal postcard application on or 
after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2059 was passed by the House on May 9, 
2005, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2059 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor