Amend HB 218 as follows:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 13.122(a), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) In addition to the other statements and spaces for
entering information that appear on an officially prescribed
registration application form, each official form must include:
(1) the statement: "I understand that giving false
information to procure a voter registration is perjury and a crime
under state and federal law.";
(2) a space for the applicant's registration number;
(3) a space for the applicant's Texas driver's license
number or number of a personal identification card issued by the
Department of Public Safety;
(4) a space for the applicant's telephone number;
(5) a space for the applicant's social security
number;
(6) a space for the applicant's sex;
(7) a statement indicating that the furnishing of the
applicant's telephone number and sex is optional;
(8) a space or box for indicating whether the
applicant or voter is submitting new registration information or a
change in current registration information;
(9) a statement instructing a voter who is using the
form to make a change in current registration information to enter
the voter's name and the changed information in the appropriate
spaces on the form;
(10) a statement that if the applicant declines to
register to vote, that fact will remain confidential and will be
used only for voter registration purposes;
(11) a statement that if the applicant does register
to vote, information regarding the agency or office to which the
application is submitted will remain confidential and will be used
only for voter registration purposes;
(12) a space or box for indicating whether the
applicant is interested in working as an election judge;
(13) a statement warning that a conviction for making
a false statement may result in imprisonment for up to the maximum
amount of time provided by law, a fine of up to the maximum amount
provided by law, or both the imprisonment and the fine; [and]
(14) a space or box for indicating whether the
applicant served in the active military, naval, or air service, was
discharged or released from the service under conditions other than
dishonorable, and incurred or aggravated a disability in the line
of duty in that service; and
(15) [(14)] any other voter registration information
required by federal law or considered appropriate and required by
the secretary of state.
SECTION ____. Section 15.001(a), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Each voter registration certificate issued must
contain:
(1) the voter's name in the form indicated by the
voter, subject to applicable requirements prescribed by Section
13.002 and by rule of the secretary of state;
(2) the voter's residence address or, if the residence
has no address, the address at which the voter receives mail and a
concise description of the location of the voter's residence;
(3) the month, day, and year of the voter's birth;
(4) the number of the county election precinct in
which the voter resides;
(5) the voter's effective date of registration if an
initial certificate;
(6) the voter's registration number;
(7) an indication of the period for which the
certificate is issued;
(8) a statement explaining the circumstances under
which the voter will receive a new certificate;
(9) a space for stamping the voter's political party
affiliation;
(10) a statement that voting with the certificate by a
person other than the person in whose name the certificate is issued
is a felony;
(11) a space for the voter's signature;
(12) a statement that the voter must sign the
certificate personally, if able to sign, immediately on receipt;
(13) a space for the voter to correct the information
on the certificate followed by a signature line;
(14) the statement: "If any information on this
certificate changes or is incorrect, correct the information in the
space provided, sign below, and return this certificate to the
voter registrar."; [and]
(15) the registrar's mailing address and telephone
number; and
(16) an indication that the voter is a
"service-disabled veteran," if the voter stated on the voter's
registration application that the voter served in the active
military, naval, or air service, was discharged or released from
the service under conditions other than dishonorable, and incurred
or aggravated a disability in the line of duty in that service.
(2) On page 1, lines 5-6, strike "Subsection (g)" and
substitute "Subsections (g) and (h)".
(3) On page 1, line 9, between "and" and "either", insert ",
except as provided by Subsection (h),".
(4) On page 2, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
(h) A voter who presents a voter registration certificate
indicating that the voter is a service-disabled veteran is not
required to provide any identification in addition to the voter's
voter registration certificate.