By Danburg, et al. H.B. No. 74
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain processes and procedures connected with the
1-3 registration of voters; providing a criminal penalty.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 11.004, Election Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 Sec. 11.004. Voting in Precinct of Former Residence. (a) A
1-8 registered voter who changes residence to another election precinct
1-9 in the same county, if otherwise eligible, may vote a full ballot
1-10 in the election precinct of former residence for one year <through
1-11 the 90th day> after the date of the change of residence or until
1-12 the voter's registration becomes effective in the new precinct,
1-13 whichever is earlier, if the voter resides in the county in which
1-14 the voter is registered and, if applicable:
1-15 (1) resides in the political subdivision served by the
1-16 authority ordering the election if the political subdivision is
1-17 other than the county; or
1-18 (2) resides in the territory covered by the election
1-19 in a less-than-countywide election ordered by the governor or a
1-20 county authority.
1-21 (b) Before being accepted to vote, the voter must execute
1-22 and submit to an election officer at the polling place a statement
1-23 including:
1-24 (1) a statement that the voter complies with the
2-1 applicable residence requirements prescribed by Subsection (a);
2-2 (2) the voter's residence address or, if the residence
2-3 has no address, the address at which the voter receives mail and a
2-4 concise description of the location of the voter's residence;
2-5 (3) the month, day, and year of the voter's birth; and
2-6 (4) the date the statement is submitted to the
2-7 election officer.
2-8 (c) The voter registrar shall provide to the general
2-9 custodian of election records a suitable number of statements of
2-10 residence for use in each applicable election.
2-11 (d) The voter registrar shall retain each statement of
2-12 residence on file with the voter's registration application <in an
2-13 election in which the ballot contains an office or proposition
2-14 stating a measure on which the qualified voters of both the former
2-15 and new precincts are eligible to vote>.
2-16 SECTION 2. Section 12.004, Election Code, is amended by
2-17 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
2-18 (d) If early voting by personal appearance is required to be
2-19 conducted for extended hours under Section 85.005(c) or for weekend
2-20 hours under Section 85.006(e), the registrar's office shall remain
2-21 open for providing voter registration information during the
2-22 extended hours or weekend hours that the main early voting polling
2-23 place is open for voting.
2-24 SECTION 3. Section 13.033(b), Election Code, is amended to
2-25 read as follows:
2-26 (b) If a person is to be appointed, the registrar shall
2-27 prepare a certificate of appointment in duplicate containing:
3-1 (1) the date of appointment;
3-2 (2) the statement: "I, ______, Voter Registrar for
3-3 _____ County, do hereby appoint ______ as a volunteer deputy
3-4 registrar for ______ County.";
3-5 (3) the person's residence address;
3-6 (4) the person's voter registration number, if any;
3-7 (5) a statement that the term of the appointment
3-8 expires December 31 of an even-numbered year; and
3-9 (6) a statement that the appointment terminates on the
3-10 person's final conviction for an offense for failure to deliver a
3-11 registration application and may terminate on the registrar's
3-12 determination that the person failed to adequately review a
3-13 registration application.
3-14 SECTION 4. Section 13.036, Election Code, is amended to read
3-15 as follows:
3-16 Sec. 13.036. TERMINATION OF APPOINTMENT. (a) An
3-17 appointment as a volunteer deputy registrar is terminated on:
3-18 (1) the expiration of the volunteer deputy's term of
3-19 appointment; or
3-20 (2) the final conviction of the volunteer deputy for
3-21 an offense prescribed by Section 13.043.
3-22 (b) The registrar may terminate the appointment of a
3-23 volunteer deputy registrar on a determination by the registrar that
3-24 the volunteer deputy failed to adequately review a registration
3-25 application as required by Section 13.039.
3-26 (c) <(b)> Immediately on the termination of an appointment,
3-27 the registrar shall deliver written notice of the termination to
4-1 the volunteer deputy, directing the deputy:
4-2 (1) to stop activity as a volunteer deputy registrar
4-3 immediately; and
4-4 (2) to deliver the certificate of appointment, receipt
4-5 forms, and registration applications and receipts in the volunteer
4-6 deputy's possession to the registrar not later than the second day
4-7 after the date the deputy receives the termination notice.
4-8 (d) <(c)> The registrar shall reject all registration
4-9 applications received by a person purporting to act as a volunteer
4-10 deputy registrar after the person's appointment is terminated.
4-11 (e) <(d)> The registrar may not reappoint a person whose
4-12 appointment as a volunteer deputy registrar is terminated under
4-13 Subsection (a)(2).
4-14 SECTION 5. Section 13.037(a), Election Code, is amended to
4-15 read as follows:
4-16 (a) A person may not receive compensation from the county
4-17 for service as a volunteer deputy registrar <serves without pay>
4-18 unless compensation is authorized by the commissioners court.
4-19 SECTION 6. Section 13.143(c), Election Code, is amended to
4-20 read as follows:
4-21 (c) A registration is effective until canceled under this
4-22 code.
4-23 SECTION 7. Section 14.025(a), Election Code, is amended to
4-24 read as follows:
4-25 (a) Not later than <Before> January 2 <1> of each
4-26 even-numbered year, the registrar shall deliver a copy of the list
4-27 of returned certificates to the secretary of state in the form
5-1 prescribed by the secretary.
5-2 SECTION 8. Section 14.052(a), Election Code, is amended to
5-3 read as follows:
5-4 (a) In an election held on or after January 1 and before
5-5 December 15 <August 16> of an even-numbered year, a voter whose
5-6 name appears on a precinct list of registered voters with the
5-7 notation "R", or a similar notation, may vote in the election
5-8 precinct in which the list is used if the voter resides in the
5-9 county in which the voter is registered and, if applicable:
5-10 (1) resides in the political subdivision served by the
5-11 authority ordering the election if the political subdivision is
5-12 other than the county; or
5-13 (2) resides in the territory covered by the election
5-14 in a less-than-countywide election ordered by the governor or a
5-15 county authority.
5-16 SECTION 9. Section 15.002, Election Code, is amended by
5-17 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
5-18 (c) A voter registration certificate may contain a
5-19 jurisdictional or distinguishing number for any territorial unit in
5-20 which the voter resides, including a congressional district, state
5-21 senatorial district, state representative district, commissioners
5-22 precinct, justice precinct, city election precinct, or school
5-23 district election precinct.
5-24 SECTION 10. Section 15.022(a), Election Code, is amended to
5-25 read as follows:
5-26 (a) The registrar shall make the appropriate corrections in
5-27 the registration records, including, if necessary, deleting a
6-1 voter's name from the list of returned certificates:
6-2 (1) after receipt of a notice of a change in
6-3 registration information under Section 15.021;
6-4 (2) after receipt of a voter's reply to a notice of
6-5 investigation given under Section 16.033;
6-6 (3) after receipt of a registration omissions list and
6-7 any affidavits executed under Section 63.007, following an
6-8 election;
6-9 (4) after receipt of a voter's statement or affidavit
6-10 of residence executed under Section 11.004 or 14.052;
6-11 (5) before the effective date of the abolishment of a
6-12 county election precinct or a change in its boundary; or
6-13 (6) after receipt of United States Postal Service
6-14 information indicating an address reclassification.
6-15 SECTION 11. Section 15.025, Election Code, is amended to
6-16 read as follows:
6-17 Sec. 15.025. Effective Date of Registration in Precinct of
6-18 New Residence. The registration of a voter whose residence is
6-19 changed on the registration records to another county election
6-20 precinct in the same county becomes effective in the precinct of
6-21 new residence on the 30th day after:
6-22 (1) the date the registrar receives a notice of a
6-23 change in registration information under Section 15.021 or a
6-24 voter's reply to a notice of investigation given under Section
6-25 16.033, as applicable, indicating the change of residence; or
6-26 (2) the date the voter submits a statement or an
6-27 affidavit indicating the change of residence to an election officer
7-1 under Section 11.004 or 14.052.
7-2 SECTION 12. Section 15.028, Election Code, is amended to
7-3 read as follows:
7-4 Sec. 15.028. NOTICE OF UNLAWFUL VOTING TO PROSECUTOR. (a)
7-5 If the registrar determines that a person who is not a registered
7-6 voter voted in an election, the registrar shall execute and deliver
7-7 to the county or district attorney having jurisdiction in the
7-8 territory covered by the election an affidavit stating the relevant
7-9 facts <notify the appropriate prosecuting attorney of that fact>.
7-10 (b) If the election covers territory in more than one
7-11 county, the registrar shall also deliver an affidavit to the
7-12 attorney general.
7-13 SECTION 13. Section 16.003, Election Code, is amended to
7-14 read as follows:
7-15 Sec. 16.003. FELONY CONVICTION. (a) Each month both the
7-16 clerk of each court having felony jurisdiction and the
7-17 institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
7-18 shall prepare an abstract of each final judgment of a court served
7-19 by the clerk or received by the institutional division, as
7-20 applicable, occurring in the month, convicting a person 18 years of
7-21 age or older who is a resident of the state of a felony.
7-22 (b) The clerk and the institutional division of the Texas
7-23 Department of Criminal Justice shall file each abstract with the
7-24 voter registrar of the person's county of residence not later than
7-25 the 10th day of the month following the month in which the abstract
7-26 is prepared.
7-27 SECTION 14. Section 16.032, Election Code, is amended to
8-1 read as follows:
8-2 Sec. 16.032. CANCELLATION FOLLOWING RETURN OF RENEWAL
8-3 CERTIFICATE. (a) Not later than August 1 of each even-numbered
8-4 year, the registrar shall deliver by mail to each voter whose name
8-5 appears on the list of returned certificates, and is not to be
8-6 deleted from the list under Section 15.023, a forwardable notice,
8-7 accompanied by an official application form for registration by
8-8 mail, to the mailing address on the voter's registration
8-9 application. The notice must state that the voter's registration
8-10 will be canceled on the following December 15 unless the voter:
8-11 (1) delivers to the registrar a written, signed notice
8-12 of:
8-13 (A) corrected registration information,
8-14 including the voter's residence address, by using the appropriate
8-15 space on the voter's registration certificate or, if the voter does
8-16 not have the certificate, by using the registration application
8-17 form or a letter or other paper; or
8-18 (B) information indicating that the voter's
8-19 renewal registration certificate was returned undelivered to the
8-20 registrar solely because of postal service error, address
8-21 reclassification, or the registrar's clerical error; or
8-22 (2) executes, at an election held before December 15,
8-23 an affidavit of residence.
8-24 (b) The registrar may not cancel a voter's registration
8-25 under Subsection (c) unless a notice was delivered to the voter in
8-26 compliance with Subsection (a).
8-27 (c) If on December 15 <August 16> of an even-numbered year a
9-1 registered voter's name appears on the list of returned
9-2 certificates, the registrar shall cancel the voter's registration
9-3 unless:
9-4 (1) the name is to be deleted from the list under
9-5 Section 15.023; or
9-6 (2) the registrar before that date receives a notice
9-7 from the voter under Subsection (a) or the voter's affidavit or
9-8 statement of residence executed under Section 14.052.
9-9 SECTION 15. Section 16.037(b), Election Code, is amended to
9-10 read as follows:
9-11 (b) If, after canceling a voter's registration under Section
9-12 16.032, the registrar receives an affidavit or statement of
9-13 residence executed by the voter under Section 14.052 at an election
9-14 held before the date the voter's registration was required to be
9-15 canceled <August 16>, the registrar shall reinstate the
9-16 registration.
9-17 SECTION 16. Section 18.006, Election Code, is amended to
9-18 read as follows:
9-19 Sec. 18.006. DELIVERY OF LISTS TO ELECTION AUTHORITIES. The
9-20 registrar shall deliver the lists furnished under this subchapter,
9-21 including the lists furnished under Section 18.007, to the
9-22 appropriate authority as soon as practicable after the request but
9-23 in every case in time for receipt before the beginning of early
9-24 voting by mail for the election in which the lists are to be used.
9-25 If those lists do not contain the names of all voters who will be
9-26 eligible to vote as of the beginning of early voting by personal
9-27 appearance, another set of the appropriate lists shall be delivered
10-1 before the beginning of early voting by personal appearance. If
10-2 those lists do not contain the names of all voters whose
10-3 registrations will be effective on election day, another set of the
10-4 appropriate lists shall be delivered as soon as practicable after
10-5 the registrar has processed the remaining applications.
10-6 SECTION 17. Section 18.008, Election Code, is amended by
10-7 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
10-8 (d) The copy must be accompanied by a written notice of the
10-9 criminal penalty prescribed by Section 18.009.
10-10 SECTION 18. Section 18.012, Election Code, is amended to
10-11 read as follows:
10-12 Sec. 18.012. Secretary of State to Approve Computer Services
10-13 Contracts. (a) A county may not contract with a computer service
10-14 company or other private business entity for services related to
10-15 the lists required under this subchapter unless the programs,
10-16 equipment, or other materials to be covered by the contract are
10-17 approved by the secretary of state. The secretary may rescind
10-18 approval of the programs, equipment, or other materials at any
10-19 time, and on that action the contract is nullified to the extent
10-20 that it depends on the disapproved items.
10-21 (b) A computer service company or other private business
10-22 entity may not use modified programs, equipment, or other materials
10-23 under the contract unless the modifications are approved by the
10-24 secretary of state.
10-25 (c) A person commits an offense if the person violates
10-26 Subsection (b). An offense under this subsection is a Class A
10-27 misdemeanor.
11-1 SECTION 19. Section 18.041(c), Election Code, is amended to
11-2 read as follows:
11-3 (c) The registrar shall file the statement with the
11-4 secretary of state not later than January 2 <1>.
11-5 SECTION 20. Section 18.063, Election Code, is amended to
11-6 read as follows:
11-7 Sec. 18.063. INFORMATION FURNISHED BY REGISTRAR. (a) On or
11-8 after the 1st but before the 15th day of each month, the registrar
11-9 of a county that has not contracted with the secretary of state for
11-10 electronic data services to facilitate the implementation of the
11-11 registration service program shall prepare <January 1 but before
11-12 January 16 and on or after September 1 but before September 16 of
11-13 each even-numbered year, each registrar shall deliver to the
11-14 secretary of state> a list containing each new registration,
11-15 canceled registration, and change in registration information that
11-16 has occurred in the county since the delivery of the previous
11-17 corresponding list. The registrar shall deliver the list to the
11-18 secretary of state within the period prescribed by this subsection
11-19 either monthly or every other month.
11-20 (b) The information on the list must be current as of the
11-21 date of delivery. The secretary shall use the information to
11-22 update the state master file.
11-23 (c) <(b)> The secretary shall prescribe the form for the
11-24 lists required by this section.
11-25 SECTION 21. Section 18.064, Election Code, is amended to
11-26 read as follows:
11-27 Sec. 18.064. Sanction for Noncompliance. If a registrar
12-1 fails to substantially comply with Section 14.025, 16.032, 18.042,
12-2 or 18.063 <or 18.042> or with rules adopted by the secretary of
12-3 state implementing the registration service program, the registrar
12-4 is not entitled to receive state funds for financing voter
12-5 registration in the county.
12-6 SECTION 22. Sections 18.065(a), (b), and (c), Election Code,
12-7 are amended to read as follows:
12-8 (a) The secretary of state shall monitor each registrar for
12-9 substantial compliance with Sections 14.025, 16.032, 18.042, and
12-10 18.063 <and 18.042> and with rules implementing the registration
12-11 service program.
12-12 (b) On determining that a registrar is not in substantial
12-13 compliance, the secretary shall deliver written notice of the
12-14 noncompliance to:
12-15 (1) the registrar, including in the notice a
12-16 description of the violation and an explanation of the action
12-17 necessary for substantial compliance and of the consequences of
12-18 noncompliance; and
12-19 (2) the comptroller of public accounts, including in
12-20 the notice the identity of the noncomplying registrar.
12-21 (c) On determining that a noncomplying registrar has
12-22 corrected the violation and is in substantial compliance, the
12-23 secretary shall deliver written notice to the registrar and to the
12-24 comptroller that the registrar is in substantial compliance.
12-25 SECTION 23. Section 19.002(d), Election Code, is amended to
12-26 read as follows:
12-27 (d) The comptroller may not issue a warrant if on June 1 of
13-1 the year in which the warrant is to be issued the most recent
13-2 notice received by the comptroller from the secretary of state
13-3 under Section 18.065 indicates that the registrar is not in
13-4 substantial compliance with Section 14.025, 16.032, 18.042, or
13-5 18.063 <or 18.042> or with rules implementing the registration
13-6 service program.
13-7 SECTION 24. Section 32.113, Election Code, is amended by
13-8 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
13-9 (d) The governing body of the political subdivision shall
13-10 notify the voter registrar of each county in which the political
13-11 subdivision is situated of the date, hour, and place of each
13-12 session of the training program.
13-13 SECTION 25. Section 32.114(c), Election Code, is amended to
13-14 read as follows:
13-15 (c) The county clerk shall:
13-16 (1) post a notice of the time and place of each
13-17 session on the bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings
13-18 of the commissioners court and shall include on the notice a
13-19 statement that the program is open to the public;
13-20 (2) notify each presiding judge appointed by the
13-21 commissioners court of the time and place of each session and of
13-22 the duty of each election judge to complete the training program;
13-23 <and>
13-24 (3) notify the county chairman of each political party
13-25 in the county of the time and place of each session; and
13-26 (4) notify the voter registrar of the date, hour, and
13-27 place of each session.
14-1 SECTION 26. Section 66.0241, Election Code, is amended to
14-2 read as follows:
14-3 Sec. 66.0241. Contents of Envelope No. 4. Envelope no. 4
14-4 must contain:
14-5 (1) the precinct list of registered voters;
14-6 (2) the registration correction list;
14-7 (3) the registration omissions list; <and>
14-8 (4) any statements or affidavits executed under
14-9 Section 11.004 or 14.052; and
14-10 (5) any affidavits executed under Section<,> 63.007<,>
14-11 or 63.010.
14-12 SECTION 27. Sections 86.002(a) and (d), Election Code, are
14-13 amended to read as follows:
14-14 (a) The early voting clerk shall provide an official ballot
14-15 envelope and carrier envelope with each ballot provided to a voter.
14-16 In an election in which voters are authorized to vote on an
14-17 affidavit of residence under Section 14.052, the clerk shall
14-18 provide a form for a statement <the affidavit> of residence to each
14-19 affected voter.
14-20 (d) The secretary of state shall prescribe instructions to
14-21 be printed on the balloting materials for the execution and return
14-22 of a statement <an affidavit> of residence. A statement of
14-23 residence under this section is considered to be an affidavit of
14-24 residence for purposes of the other applicable provisions of this
14-25 code.
14-26 SECTION 28. Section 273.001, Election Code, is amended by
14-27 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
15-1 (c) On receipt of an affidavit under Section 15.028, the
15-2 county or district attorney having jurisdiction and, if applicable,
15-3 the attorney general shall investigate the matter.
15-4 SECTION 29. Sections 11.002 and 13.001, Election Code, are
15-5 amended to read as follows:
15-6 Sec. 11.002. Qualified Voter. In this code, "qualified
15-7 voter" means a person who:
15-8 (1) is 18 years of age or older;
15-9 (2) is a United States citizen;
15-10 (3) has not been determined mentally incompetent by a
15-11 final judgment of a court;
15-12 (4) has not been finally convicted of a felony or, if
15-13 so convicted, has:
15-14 (A) been issued <received a certificate of>
15-15 discharge papers by the pardons and paroles division or
15-16 institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,
15-17 or by a federal or other state correctional institution or parole
15-18 board, or completed a period of probation ordered by any <a> court
15-19 and at least two years have elapsed from the date of the issuance
15-20 <receipt> or completion; or
15-21 (B) been pardoned or otherwise released from the
15-22 resulting disability to vote;
15-23 (5) is a resident of this state; and
15-24 (6) is a registered voter.
15-25 Sec. 13.001. ELIGIBILITY FOR REGISTRATION. (a) To be
15-26 eligible for registration as a voter in this state, a person must:
15-27 (1) be 18 years of age or older;
16-1 (2) be a United States citizen;
16-2 (3) not have been determined mentally incompetent by a
16-3 final judgment of a court;
16-4 (4) not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if
16-5 so convicted, must have:
16-6 (A) been issued <received a certificate of>
16-7 discharge papers by the pardons and paroles division or
16-8 institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,
16-9 or by a federal or other state correctional institution or parole
16-10 board, or completed a period of probation ordered by any <a> court
16-11 and at least two years have elapsed from the date of the issuance
16-12 <receipt> or completion; or
16-13 (B) been pardoned or otherwise released from the
16-14 resulting disability to vote; and
16-15 (5) be a resident of the county in which application
16-16 for registration is made.
16-17 (b) To be eligible to apply for registration, a person must,
16-18 on the date the registration application is submitted to the
16-19 registrar, be at least 17 years and 10 months of age and satisfy
16-20 the requirements of Subsection (a) except for age.
16-21 SECTION 30. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
16-22 11.002 and 13.001, Election Code, are intended to conform the
16-23 statutes to official opinions issued by the attorney general and
16-24 secretary of state.
16-25 SECTION 31. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
16-26 18.012, Election Code, apply only to a contract that is executed or
16-27 renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract
17-1 that was executed and in force before that date is governed by the
17-2 law under which it was executed or renewed, and that law is
17-3 continued in effect for that purpose.
17-4 SECTION 32. (a) This section is intended only to clarify
17-5 legislative intent regarding the content of a voter registration
17-6 application as evidenced by Section 7, Chapter 442, Sections 2 and
17-7 3, Chapter 559, and Sections 1 and 2, Chapter 631, Acts of the 72nd
17-8 Legislature, Regular Session, 1991.
17-9 (b) Section 13.122, Election Code, is amended to read as
17-10 follows:
17-11 Sec. 13.122. ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS ON OFFICIAL FORM. (a) In
17-12 addition to the other statements and spaces for entering
17-13 information that appear on an officially prescribed registration
17-14 application form, each official form must include:
17-15 (1) the statement: "Applicant is a United States
17-16 citizen and a resident of the county and has not been finally
17-17 convicted of a felony or is a felon eligible for registration under
17-18 Section 13.001, Election Code. I understand that giving false
17-19 information to procure a voter registration is a misdemeanor.";
17-20 (2) a space for the applicant's registration number;
17-21 (3) a space for the applicant's <social security
17-22 number or> Texas driver's license number or number of a personal
17-23 identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety
17-24 <number or certificate number>;
17-25 (4) a space for the applicant's telephone number;
17-26 (5) a space for the applicant's social security
17-27 number; and
18-1 (6) <a space for the applicant's Texas driver's
18-2 license number or personal identification card or certificate
18-3 number; and>
18-4 <(7)> a statement indicating that the furnishing of
18-5 the applicant's driver's license number, personal identification
18-6 card <election precinct> number, telephone number, and social
18-7 security number<, and driver's license or personal identification
18-8 card or certificate number> is optional.
18-9 (b) The term "residence address" may not be modified on an
18-10 official registration application form by terms other than those
18-11 comprising the specific elements of a residence address.
18-12 (c) If it becomes permissible under federal law to require
18-13 an applicant for registration who has a social security number to
18-14 furnish the number, the secretary of state may implement that
18-15 requirement.
18-16 (c) Section 13.002(c), Election Code, is amended to read as
18-17 follows:
18-18 (c) A registration application must include:
18-19 (1) the applicant's name as follows:
18-20 (A) first name, middle name, if any, and
18-21 surname; or
18-22 (B) first name, maiden name, and husband's
18-23 surname if the applicant is a married woman using the husband's
18-24 surname;
18-25 (2) the applicant's sex;
18-26 (3) the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth;
18-27 (4) a statement that the applicant is a United States
19-1 citizen;
19-2 (5) if the applicant is a naturalized citizen, the
19-3 location of the court of naturalization;
19-4 (6) a statement that the applicant is a resident of
19-5 the county;
19-6 (7) a statement that the applicant has not been
19-7 finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon
19-8 eligible for registration under Section 13.001<(a)(4)>;
19-9 (8) if the applicant is currently registered in
19-10 another county, the name of that county and the applicant's
19-11 residence address on the registration certificate for that county;
19-12 (9) the applicant's residence address or, if the
19-13 residence has no address, the address at which the applicant
19-14 receives mail and a concise description of the location of the
19-15 applicant's residence;
19-16 (10) if the application is made by an agent, a
19-17 statement of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and
19-18 (11) the city or county and state, or foreign country,
19-19 in which the applicant was born.
19-20 SECTION 33. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
19-21 SECTION 34. The importance of this legislation and the
19-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
19-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
19-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
19-25 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.