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AN ACT
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relating to the delivery of voter registration certificates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 13.144(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the registrar |
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receives the application, the [The] registrar shall deliver the |
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original of an initial certificate: |
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(1) in person to the applicant or the applicant's agent |
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appointed under Section 13.003; or |
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(2) by mail to the applicant. |
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SECTION 2. Section 15.004(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date the registrar |
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receives [On receipt of] the notice, the registrar shall deliver to |
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the voter a replacement certificate containing: |
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(1) the registration number and other information on |
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the lost or destroyed certificate; and |
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(2) a notation that the certificate is a replacement. |
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SECTION 3. Section 15.024(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), after correcting |
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the registration records with respect to a voter, if necessary, the |
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registrar shall [promptly] issue the voter a registration |
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certificate containing the appropriate corrections and deliver it |
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to the voter not later than the 30th day after the date the |
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registrar receives notice of a correction. |
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SECTION 4. Section 13.144(c), Election Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a voter registration certificate for which an application, |
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notice of loss or destruction, or notice of a correction is received |
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by the voter registrar on or after September 1, 2007. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1044 was passed by the House on April |
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5, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 1044 on May 16, 2007, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 1044 on May 25, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 141, |
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Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1044 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 14, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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1; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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1044 on May 25, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |