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79R6261 JRJ-D

By:  Madden                                                       H.B. No. 2059



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the period of voter registration of a person registered 
by a federal postcard application.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 101.006(a), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  The submission of a federal postcard application that 
complies with the applicable requirements by an unregistered 
applicant constitutes registration by the applicant only for the 
purpose of voting in the election for which a ballot is requested 
and:
		(1)  each election for a federal office that occurs on 
or before the date of the second general election for state and 
county officers that occurs after the date the application is 
submitted; or
		(2)  each election other than an election described by 
Subdivision (1) that occurs on or before the first anniversary of 
the date the application is submitted.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to an applicant who submits a federal postcard application on or 
after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.