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Floor Packet Page No. 263
Amend HB 2 by adding the following appropriately numbered
Part to Article 2 of the bill and by renumbering the remaining Parts
as appropriate:
PART ___. VOTING BY RESIDENT ALIEN IN SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION
SECTION 2__.01. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code,
is amended by adding Section 11.170 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.170. LOCAL OPTION ELECTION. (a) The board of
trustees of a school district may order an election in the district
on the question of whether a person who is lawfully admitted for
permanent residence, as defined by 8 U.S.C. Section 1101, may vote
in an election held by the district.
(b) At the election, the ballot shall be printed to permit
voting for or against the proposition: "Voting by a person lawfully
admitted for permanent residence in the United States in an
election held by (name of school district)."
(c) If a majority of the votes received in the election
approve the proposition:
(1) a person who meets the qualifications to vote
under Section 11.002, Election Code, excluding United States
citizenship, is qualified to vote in an election held by the school
district if the person is lawfully admitted for permanent
residence; and
(2) a person who is eligible to register to vote under
Section 13.001, Election Code, excluding United States
citizenship, is eligible to register to vote in an election held by
the school district if the person is lawfully admitted for
permanent residence.
(d) The secretary of state shall prescribe the design and
content of a:
(1) form to apply for registration to vote by a person
who is qualified to vote under this section; and
(2) limited use voter registration certificate for a
person who has registered to vote under this section.
(e) The procedure for the administration of a limited use
voter registration certificate issued under this section is the
same as the procedure for the administration of a voter
registration certificate under Title 2, Election Code.
(f) The secretary of state shall adopt rules for the
verification of a person's status at the time a person applies to
register to vote under this section.