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                                                                  S.B. No. 196




AN ACT

relating to a challenge of a voter's registration.                            
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 16.092, Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows:    
	Sec. 16.092.  SWORN STATEMENT REQUIRED.  A voter desiring to 
challenge a registration must file with the registrar a sworn 
statement of the grounds for the challenge that:
		(1)  identifies the voter whose registration is being 
challenged; and
		(2)  states a specific qualification for registration 
that the challenged voter has not met based on the personal 
knowledge of the voter desiring to challenge the registration.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           

                                                                              




______________________________    ______________________________
President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 196 passed the Senate on 
March 20, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 196 passed the House on 
May 24, 2003, by a non-record vote.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


______________________________ 
            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor