78R7056 ATP-D

By:  Howard                                                       H.B. No. 1943



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the payment of postage on voter registration 
applications.      
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 13.121(a), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	(a)  The officially prescribed application form for 
registration by mail must be in the form of a [business reply] 
postcard[, unless another form or system is used under Subsection 
(b), with postage paid by the state].  The form may not be larger 
than the form in use immediately prior to January 1, 1986.  The 
secretary of state shall design the form to enhance the legibility 
of its contents.
	SECTION 2.  Section 13.121(b), Election Code, is repealed.                     
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.