By Danburg H.B. No. 710
77R3454 PAM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to voter registration application forms.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 13.121(a), Election Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 (a) The officially prescribed application form for
1-7 registration by mail must be in the form of a business reply
1-8 postcard, unless another form or system is used under Subsection
1-9 (b), with postage paid by the state. The form must be the largest
1-10 size permitted by the United States Postal Service for a business
1-11 reply postcard [may not be larger than the form in use immediately
1-12 prior to January 1, 1986]. The secretary of state shall design the
1-13 form to enhance the legibility of its contents.
1-14 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act takes effect
1-15 January 1, 2002, and applies only to voter registration application
1-16 forms produced on or after that date. Voter registration
1-17 application forms produced before January 1, 2002, may continue to
1-18 be used until the supply is exhausted, and the former law governing
1-19 those forms is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-20 SECTION 3. On or before January 1, 2002, the secretary of
1-21 state shall prescribe a voter registration application form that
1-22 conforms to the change in law made by this Act.