1-1 By: Carriker S.B. No. 1013
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 1993; March 15, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Subcommittee on Elections and Ethics;
1-4 April 22, 1993, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 22, 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. 1013 By: Carriker
1-17 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-18 AN ACT
1-19 relating to procedures regarding the cancellation of the voter
1-20 registrations of persons whose names appear on the lists of
1-21 returned registration certificates.
1-22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-23 SECTION 1. Section 16.032, Election Code, is amended to read
1-24 as follows:
1-25 Sec. 16.032. CANCELLATION FOLLOWING RETURN OF RENEWAL
1-26 CERTIFICATE. (a) As soon as practicable after the return of the
1-27 undelivered renewal certificates but not later than May 15 of each
1-28 even-numbered year, the registrar shall deliver by mail a notice of
1-29 potential cancellation to each voter whose name appears on the list
1-30 of returned certificates and whose name is not to be deleted from
1-31 the list under Section 15.023. The notice must be forwardable and
1-32 must be mailed to the mailing address on the voter's registration
1-33 application or to the voter's new address, if known. The notice
1-34 must state that the voter's registration will be canceled on the
1-35 following August 16 unless the voter:
1-36 (1) delivers to the registrar a written, signed notice
1-37 of:
1-38 (A) corrected registration information,
1-39 including the voter's residence address, by using the appropriate
1-40 space on the voter's registration certificate or, if the voter does
1-41 not have the certificate, by using a voter registration application
1-42 form or a letter or other paper; or
1-43 (B) information indicating that the voter's
1-44 renewal registration certificate was returned undelivered to the
1-45 registrar solely because of postal service error, address
1-46 reclassification, or the registrar's clerical error; or
1-47 (2) executes, at an election held before August 16, an
1-48 affidavit of residence.
1-49 (b) The registrar may not cancel a voter's registration
1-50 under Subsection (c) unless a notice was delivered to the voter in
1-51 compliance with Subsection (a).
1-52 (c) If on August 16 of an even-numbered year a registered
1-53 voter's name appears on the list of returned certificates, the
1-54 registrar shall cancel the voter's registration unless:
1-55 (1) the name is to be deleted from the list under
1-56 Section 15.023; or
1-57 (2) the registrar before that date receives a notice
1-58 from the voter under Subsection (a) or the voter's affidavit of
1-59 residence executed under Section 14.052.
1-60 (d) The expense of implementing Subsection (a) is an expense
1-61 of the registrar's office in connection with voter registration
1-62 under Section 19.004.
1-63 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-64 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-65 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-66 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-67 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-68 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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2-2 Austin,
2-3 Texas
2-4 April 22, 1993
2-5 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-6 President of the Senate
2-7 Sir:
2-8 We, your Subcommittee on Elections and Ethics to which was referred
2-9 S.B. No. 1013, have had the same under consideration, and I am
2-10 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
2-11 that it do not pass, but that the Committee Substitute adopted in
2-12 lieu thereof do pass and be printed.
2-13 Carriker,
2-14 Chairman
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2-16 WITNESSES
2-17 FOR AGAINST ON
2-18 ___________________________________________________________________
2-19 Name: Javier Guajardo x
2-20 Representing: Office of the Atty. General
2-21 City: Austin
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2-23 Name: Tom Harrison x
2-24 Representing: Sec. of State John Hannah, Jr.
2-25 City: Austin
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