By King of Uvalde                                      H.B. No. 744
         77R367 DRH-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Sections 63.001(b) and (d), Election Code, are
 1-5     amended  to read as follows:
 1-6           (b)  On offering to vote, a voter must present the voter's
 1-7     voter registration certificate and proof of identification in a
 1-8     form described by Section 63.0101 to an election officer at the
 1-9     polling place.
1-10           (d)  If the voter's name is on the precinct list of
1-11     registered voters and the voter's identity can be verified from the
1-12     proof presented, the voter shall be accepted for voting.
1-13           SECTION 2. Section 63.006(a), Election Code, is amended to
1-14     read as follows:
1-15           (a)  A voter who, when offering to vote, presents a voter
1-16     registration certificate indicating that the voter is currently
1-17     registered in the precinct in which the voter is offering to vote,
1-18     but whose name is not on the precinct list of registered voters,
1-19     shall be accepted for voting if the voter's identity can be
1-20     verified from the proof presented.
1-21           SECTION 3. Section 63.007(a), Election Code, is amended to
1-22     read as follows:
1-23           (a)  A voter who, when offering to vote, presents a voter
1-24     registration certificate indicating that the voter is currently
 2-1     registered in a different precinct from the one in which the voter
 2-2     is offering to vote, and whose name is not on the precinct list of
 2-3     registered voters, shall be accepted for voting if the voter's
 2-4     identity can be verified from the proof presented and the voter
 2-5     executes an affidavit stating that the voter:
 2-6                 (1)  is a resident of the precinct in which the voter
 2-7     is offering to vote or is otherwise entitled by law to vote in that
 2-8     precinct;
 2-9                 (2)  was a resident of the precinct in which the voter
2-10     is offering to vote at the time that information on the voter's
2-11     residence address was last provided to the voter registrar;
2-12                 (3)  did not deliberately provide false information to
2-13     secure registration in a precinct in which the voter does not
2-14     reside; and
2-15                 (4)  is voting only once in the election.
2-16           SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.