By Solomons H.B. No. 1914 74R6051 GGS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the form of a voter's name on a voter registration 1-3 certificate. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 15.001(a), Election Code, is amended to 1-6 read as follows: 1-7 (a) Each voter registration certificate issued must contain: 1-8 (1) the voter's name in the form indicated by the 1-9 voter, subject to applicable requirements; 1-10 (2) the voter's residence address or, if the residence 1-11 has no address, the address at which the voter receives mail and a 1-12 concise description of the location of the voter's residence; 1-13 (3) the month, day, and year of the voter's birth and 1-14 the voter's sex; 1-15 (4) the number of the county election precinct in 1-16 which the voter resides; 1-17 (5) the voter's effective date of registration if an 1-18 initial certificate; 1-19 (6) the voter's registration number; 1-20 (7) an indication of the period for which the 1-21 certificate is issued; 1-22 (8) a statement that the voter will receive a new 1-23 certificate every two years as long as the voter's registration is 1-24 not canceled; 2-1 (9) a space for stamping the voter's political party 2-2 affiliation; 2-3 (10) a statement that voting with the certificate by a 2-4 person other than the person in whose name the certificate is 2-5 issued is a felony; 2-6 (11) a space for the voter's signature; 2-7 (12) a statement that the voter must sign the 2-8 certificate personally, if able to sign, immediately on receipt; 2-9 (13) a space for the voter to correct the information 2-10 on the certificate followed by a signature line; 2-11 (14) the statement: "If any information on this 2-12 certificate changes or is incorrect, correct the information in the 2-13 space provided, sign below, and return this certificate to the 2-14 voter registrar."; and 2-15 (15) the registrar's mailing address and telephone 2-16 number. 2-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 2-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.