S.B. No. 197




AN ACT

relating to the challenge of a voter's registration.                          
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 16.0921, Election Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), on [On] the filing 
of a sworn statement under Section 16.092 alleging a ground based on 
residence, the registrar shall promptly deliver to the voter whose 
registration is challenged a confirmation notice in accordance with 
Section 15.051.
	(c)  The registrar may not deliver a confirmation notice 
resulting from a sworn statement filed after the 75th day before the 
date of the general election for state and county officers until 
after the date of that election.  This subsection does not apply to 
a person who registers after the 75th day and prior to the 30th day 
before the general election for state and county officers.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to an election ordered on or after that date.

                                                                              




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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 197 passed the Senate on 
March 19, 2003, by a viva-voce vote; and that the Senate concurred 
in House amendment on May 21, 2003, by a viva-voce vote.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 197 passed the House, with 
amendment, on May 16, 2003, by a non-record vote.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



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          Governor