1-1 By: Ellis, Rosson S.B. No. 436
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 23, 1993; February 23, 1993,
1-3 read first time and referred to Subcommittee on Elections and
1-4 Ethics; May 11, 1993, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 3; May 11, 1993,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Carriker x
1-10 Harris of Dallas x
1-11 Ellis x
1-12 Henderson x
1-13 Luna x
1-14 Parker x
1-15 Wentworth x
1-16 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 436 By: Ellis
1-17 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-18 AN ACT
1-19 relating to the registration of voters at a polling place.
1-20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-21 SECTION 1. Chapter 63, Election Code, is amended by adding
1-22 Section 63.0091 to read as follows:
1-23 Sec. 63.0091. REGISTRATION AT POLLING PLACE; VOTING
1-24 PROCEDURES. (a) This section applies to the conduct of voting and
1-25 to the registration of voters notwithstanding and in addition to
1-26 other applicable provisions of this code.
1-27 (b) A person who would be eligible to vote in an election
1-28 under Section 11.001 but for the requirement to be a registered
1-29 voter shall be accepted for voting in the precinct of the person's
1-30 residence if, on the day the person offers to vote, the person:
1-31 (1) submits a voter registration application that
1-32 complies with Section 13.002; and
1-33 (2)(A) presents one or more forms of identification
1-34 approved by the secretary of state that establish the person's
1-35 identity and residence; or
1-36 (B) submits an affidavit that:
1-37 (i) is executed by a registered voter of
1-38 the precinct who is present at the polling place with the person;
1-39 and
1-40 (ii) states the person's residence address
1-41 or, if the residence has no address, the address at which the
1-42 person receives mail and a concise description of the location of
1-43 the person's residence and states that the affiant has personal
1-44 knowledge of the location of the person's residence.
1-45 (c) Persons voting under this section shall be processed
1-46 separately at the polling place from persons who are voting under
1-47 normal procedures.
1-48 (d) The secretary of state shall prescribe the procedures
1-49 necessary to implement this section and to ensure the proper and
1-50 orderly conduct of elections.
1-51 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-52 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-53 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-54 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-55 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-56 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
1-57 * * * * *
1-58 Austin,
1-59 Texas
1-60 May 11, 1993
1-61 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-62 President of the Senate
1-63 Sir:
1-64 We, your Subcommittee on Elections and Ethics to which was referred
1-65 S.B. No. 436, have had the same under consideration, and I am
1-66 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
1-67 that it do not pass, but that the Committee Substitute adopted in
1-68 lieu thereof do pass and be printed.
2-1 Carriker,
2-2 Chairman
2-3 * * * * *
2-4 WITNESSES
2-5 FOR AGAINST ON
2-6 ___________________________________________________________________
2-7 Name: Tom Harrison x
2-8 Representing: Sec. of State John Hannah
2-9 City: Austin
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2-11 Name: Maxine Barkan x
2-12 Representing: League of Women Voters of Tx
2-13 City: Austin
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