By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 1052


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the disclosure of certain information from an early 
voting roster; providing a penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 87.121, Election Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (f-1) to read as 
follows:
	(f)  Information on the roster for a person to whom an early 
voting mail ballot has been sent may [is] not be disclosed 
[available for public inspection], except to the voter seeking to 
verify that the information pertaining to the voter is accurate, 
until:
		(1)  the first business day after election day; or              
		(2)  if the person indicated on an application to vote 
by mail that the application was also for any resulting runoff 
election, the first business day after the day of any resulting 
runoff election.
	(f-1)  A person who violates Subsection (f) commits an 
offense.  An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.