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  81R2490 JRJ-D
 
  By: Alonzo H.B. No. 249
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the procedures for registering to vote at the time of
  applying for a driver's license or personal identification card.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 20.063, Election Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  The Department of Public Safety shall provide to each
  person who applies in person at the department's offices or online
  at the department's Internet website for an original or renewal of a
  driver's license, a personal identification card, or a duplicate or
  corrected license or card an opportunity to complete a voter
  registration application form.
         (e)  The secretary of state shall prescribe additional
  procedures as necessary to implement this section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.