1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to requiring verification of information regarding 1-3 potentially ineligible voters produced for a county by a private 1-4 business entity. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 18, Election Code, is 1-7 amended by adding Section 18.0121 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 18.0121. CONTRACT TO INVESTIGATE VOTER ELIGIBILITY. A 1-9 list of potentially ineligible voters produced for a county by a 1-10 private business entity may not be made available to the public or 1-11 otherwise used by the registrar unless the registrar has verified 1-12 the accuracy of the information on the list through available 1-13 public records. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2921 was passed by the House on May 9, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2921 was passed by the Senate on May 22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor