By Reyna of Bexar H.B. No. 3473 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the registration of voters at a polling place and 1-3 related procedures. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 63, Election Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Section 63.0091 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 63.0091. REGISTRATION AT POLLING PLACE; VOTING 1-8 PROCEDURES. (a) This section applies to the conduct of voting and 1-9 to the registration of voters notwithstanding and in addition to 1-10 other applicable provisions of this code. 1-11 (b) A person who would be eligible to vote in an election 1-12 under Section 11.001, but for the requirement to be a registered 1-13 voter, shall be accepted for voting in the precinct of the person's 1-14 residence if, on the day the person offers to vote, the person: 1-15 (1) submits a voter registration application that 1-16 complies with Section 13.002; and 1-17 (2) presents proof of identification in a form 1-18 described by Section 63.0101 that also establishes the person's 1-19 residence; or 1-20 (3) submits an affidavit that: 1-21 (A) is executed by a registered voter of the 2-1 precinct who is present at the polling place with the person; and 2-2 (B) states the person's residence address or, if 2-3 the residence has no address, the address at which the person 2-4 receives mail and a concise description of the location of the 2-5 person's residence, and states that the affiant has personal 2-6 knowledge of the location of the person's residence. 2-7 (c) Persons voting under this section shall be processed 2-8 separately at the polling place from persons who are voting under 2-9 regular procedures. 2-10 (d) The secretary of state shall prescribe the procedures 2-11 necessary to implement this section and to ensure the proper and 2-12 orderly conduct of elections. 2-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 2-14 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.