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	Amend HB 71 on third reading by inserting the following new 
section, appropriately numbered, and renumbering the subsequent 
sections of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 63, Election Code, is amended by 
adding Section 63.0013 to read as follows:
	Sec. 63.0013.  EXEMPTION FROM PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION 
REQUIREMENT: ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL SERVING IN COMBAT ZONE. 
(a) A voter is exempt from the proof of identification requirements 
prescribed by Section 63.0101 if the voter is a member of the armed 
forces of the United States who is on active duty under the lawful 
orders of competent authority in an area that has been designated by 
the president of the United States as a combat zone.
	(b)  The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures as 
necessary to implement this section.