78R2946 ATP-D

By:  Nixon                                                        H.B. No. 1239



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring proof of citizenship at the time a person 
registers to vote.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.   Section 13.002, Election Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e) to read as 
follows:
	(c)  A registration application must include:                                  
		(1)  the applicant's first name, middle name, if any, 
last name, and former name, if any;
		(2)  the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth;                       
		(3)  a statement that the applicant is a United States 
citizen;             
		(4)  a statement that the applicant is a resident of the 
county;            
		(5)  a statement that the applicant has not been 
determined mentally incompetent by a final judgment of a court;
		(6)  a statement that the applicant has not been 
finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon 
eligible for registration under Section 13.001;
		(7)  the applicant's residence address or, if the 
residence has no address, the address at which the applicant 
receives mail and a concise description of the location of the 
applicant's residence;
		(8)  if the application is made by an agent, a statement 
of the agent's relationship to the applicant; [and]
		(9)  the city and county in which the applicant 
formerly resided; and
		(10)  an attached document providing proof that the 
applicant is a United States citizen.
	(e)  The secretary of state shall prescribe the procedures 
necessary for the implementation of Subsection (c)(10).
	SECTION 2.   The change in law made by Section 1 of this Act 
applies only to an application for voter registration that is 
submitted on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.   This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.