H.B. No. 1914
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the form of a voter's name on a voter registration
1-3 application or certificate.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 13.002(c) and (d), Election Code, are
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (c) A registration application must include:
1-8 (1) the applicant's <name as follows:>
1-9 <(A)> first name, middle name, if any, last
1-10 name, and former name, if any <surname; or>
1-11 <(B) first name, maiden name, and husband's
1-12 surname if the applicant is a married woman using the husband's
1-13 surname>;
1-14 (2) the applicant's sex;
1-15 (3) the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth;
1-16 (4) a statement that the applicant is a United States
1-17 citizen;
1-18 (5) if the applicant is a naturalized citizen, the
1-19 location of the court of naturalization;
1-20 (6) a statement that the applicant is a resident of
1-21 the county;
1-22 (7) a statement that the applicant has not been
1-23 finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon
1-24 eligible for registration under Section 13.001;
2-1 (8) if the applicant is currently registered in
2-2 another county, the name of that county and the applicant's
2-3 residence address on the registration certificate for that county;
2-4 (9) the applicant's residence address or, if the
2-5 residence has no address, the address at which the applicant
2-6 receives mail and a concise description of the location of the
2-7 applicant's residence;
2-8 (10) if the application is made by an agent, a
2-9 statement of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and
2-10 (11) the city or county and state, or foreign country,
2-11 in which the applicant was born.
2-12 (d) The omission of the applicant's middle or former
2-13 <maiden> name under Subsection (c)(1) or the applicant's zip code
2-14 under Subsection (c)(8) or (9) does not affect the validity of a
2-15 registration application, and the registrar may not reject the
2-16 application because of that omission.
2-17 SECTION 2. Section 15.001(a), Election Code, is amended to
2-18 read as follows:
2-19 (a) Each voter registration certificate issued must contain:
2-20 (1) the voter's name in the form indicated by the
2-21 voter, subject to applicable requirements prescribed by Section
2-22 13.002 and by rule of the secretary of state;
2-23 (2) the voter's residence address or, if the residence
2-24 has no address, the address at which the voter receives mail and a
2-25 concise description of the location of the voter's residence;
2-26 (3) the month, day, and year of the voter's birth and
2-27 the voter's sex;
3-1 (4) the number of the county election precinct in
3-2 which the voter resides;
3-3 (5) the voter's effective date of registration if an
3-4 initial certificate;
3-5 (6) the voter's registration number;
3-6 (7) an indication of the period for which the
3-7 certificate is issued;
3-8 (8) a statement that the voter will receive a new
3-9 certificate every two years as long as the voter's registration is
3-10 not canceled;
3-11 (9) a space for stamping the voter's political party
3-12 affiliation;
3-13 (10) a statement that voting with the certificate by a
3-14 person other than the person in whose name the certificate is
3-15 issued is a felony;
3-16 (11) a space for the voter's signature;
3-17 (12) a statement that the voter must sign the
3-18 certificate personally, if able to sign, immediately on receipt;
3-19 (13) a space for the voter to correct the information
3-20 on the certificate followed by a signature line;
3-21 (14) the statement: "If any information on this
3-22 certificate changes or is incorrect, correct the information in the
3-23 space provided, sign below, and return this certificate to the
3-24 voter registrar."; and
3-25 (15) the registrar's mailing address and telephone
3-26 number.
3-27 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
4-1 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
4-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.