79R586 DRH-D

By:  Dutton                                                       H.B. No. 429



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to 
provide notice to certain persons of the right to vote.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 20, Election Code, is amended by adding 
Subchapter F to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER F.  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
	Sec. 20.151.  APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.  The other 
provisions of this chapter do not apply to the Texas Department of 
Criminal Justice.
	Sec. 20.152.  NOTICE TO FORMER INMATE.  (a)  The Texas 
Department of Criminal Justice shall provide written notice to a 
person who is released from the custody or supervision of the 
department that the person may be eligible to vote if the person is 
no longer subject to the disability referred to in Section 
11.002(4).
	(b)  The department shall provide to the person an official 
voter registration application form prescribed by the secretary of 
state together with the notice required by Subsection (a).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.