By Madden H.B. No. 2691
77R8697 PAM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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 only to a person who resides in
1-9 a county with a population of three million or more.
1-10 (b) If a person completes a voter registration application
1-11 as provided by Section 20.063, the Department of Public Safety
1-12 shall:
1-13 (1) input the information provided on the application
1-14 into the department's electronic data system; and
1-15 (2) direct the applicant to provide an electronic
1-16 signature for the application in the same manner an electronic
1-17 signature is provided for a driver's license.
1-18 (c) Not later than the sixth day after the date a person
1-19 completes a voter registration application and provides an
1-20 electronic signature for the application, the department shall
1-21 electronically transfer the applicant's registration data,
1-22 including the applicant's signature, to the voter registrar of the
1-23 county in which the applicant resides.
1-24 (d) The voter registrar shall maintain a database approved
2-1 by the secretary of state for receiving electronically transmitted
2-2 registration applications under this section.
2-3 (e) The secretary of state shall prescribe additional
2-4 procedures as necessary to implement this section.
2-5 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.