1-1 By: Jones of Dallas, Hodge H.B. No. 2921 1-2 (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) 1-3 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2001; 1-4 May 10, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State 1-5 Affairs; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-6 Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to requiring verification of information regarding 1-10 potentially ineligible voters produced for a county by a private 1-11 business entity. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 18, Election Code, is 1-14 amended by adding Section 18.0121 to read as follows: 1-15 Sec. 18.0121. CONTRACT TO INVESTIGATE VOTER ELIGIBILITY. A 1-16 list of potentially ineligible voters produced for a county by a 1-17 private business entity may not be made available to the public or 1-18 otherwise used by the registrar unless the registrar has verified 1-19 the accuracy of the information on the list through available 1-20 public records. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-22 * * * * *