By Jones of Dallas                                    H.B. No. 2921
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 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.