1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to procedures for the electronic transfer of voter 1-3 registration applications by certain voter registration agencies. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 20, Election Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 20.066 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 20.066. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN POPULOUS 1-8 COUNTIES. (a) This section applies unilaterally to a person who 1-9 resides in a county with a population of 2.1 million or more and, 1-10 if written request is made to the Department of Public Safety by 1-11 the commissioners court, applies to a person who resides in a 1-12 county with a population greater than 400,000 but less than 2.1 1-13 million. 1-14 (b) If a person completes a voter registration application 1-15 as provided by Section 20.063, the Department of Public Safety 1-16 shall: 1-17 (1) input the information provided on the application 1-18 into the department's electronic data system; and 1-19 (2) inform the applicant that the applicant's 1-20 electronic signature provided to the department will be used for 1-21 submitting the applicant's voter registration application. 1-22 (c) Not later than the fifth day after the date a person 1-23 completes a voter registration application and provides an 1-24 electronic signature to the department, the department shall 2-1 electronically transfer the applicant's voter registration data, 2-2 including the applicant's signature, to the voter registrar of the 2-3 county in which the applicant resides. 2-4 (d) The voter registrar shall maintain a database approved 2-5 by the secretary of state for receiving electronically transmitted 2-6 registration applications under this section. 2-7 (e) The secretary of state shall prescribe additional 2-8 procedures as necessary to implement this section. 2-9 SECTION 2. The secretary of state shall monitor the 2-10 implementation of Section 20.066, Election Code, as added by this 2-11 Act, and report the secretary's findings and any recommendations to 2-12 the legislature not later than December 1, 2002. 2-13 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2691 was passed by the House on May 2, 2001, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 2691 on May 25, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2691 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 17, 2001, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor