H.B. No. 2068
AN ACT
relating to the designation of certain state agencies as voter
registration agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 20.001(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The following state agencies are designated as voter
registration agencies:
(1) Health and Human Services Commission [any agency
or program that provides public assistance, including:
[(A) Texas Department of Human Services (AFDC
program, Medicaid program, food stamp program, programs for the
aged);
[(B) Texas Department of Health (special
supplemental food program for women, infants, and children); and
[(C) any other agency or program as determined by
the secretary of state];
(2) [Texas] Department of Aging and Disability
Services [Mental Health and Mental Retardation];
(3) Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative
Services [Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired];
(4) Department of State Health Services [Texas School
for the Deaf;
[(5) Texas Commission for the Blind;
[(6) Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired;
[(7) Texas Rehabilitation Commission]; and
(5) [(8)] any other agency or [that provides a
state-funded] program [primarily engaged in providing services to
persons with disabilities,] as determined by the secretary of state
that primarily provides:
(A) public assistance; or
(B) services to persons with disabilities.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2068 was passed by the House on April
29, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2068 was passed by the Senate on May
25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor