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By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 196
	(In the Senate - Filed January 14, 2003; January 30, 2003, 
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 
March 11, 2003, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8, 
Nays 0; March 11, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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.                           



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