SRC-BWC H.B. 2921 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 2921
By: Jones, Jesse (Whitmire)
State Affairs
5/11/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, counties may purchase ineligible voter lists from private
companies.  These companies use numerous databases and cross match several
public records and credit records to develop these lists, but the lists are
not necessarily verified by the county that purchases the list. H.B. 2921
requires the registrar to verify the accuracy of a list of potentially
ineligible voters that is obtained from a private entity before using the
list of making the list available to the public.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 18A, Election Code, by adding Section 18.0121,
as follows: 

Sec. 18.0121.  CONTRACT TO INVESTIGATE VOTER ELIGIBILITY.  Prohibits a list
of potentially ineligible voters produced for a county by a private
business entity from being made available to the public or otherwise used
by the registrar unless the registrar has verified the accuracy of the
information on the list through available public records. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.