78R1637 JRJ-F

By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 197



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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 an election until after the date of election.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to an election ordered on or after that date.