By: Bohac (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 3061

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2009; May 1, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 6, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 6, 2009, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of state voter registration funds to employ temporary staff in a voter registrar's office.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 19.004(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), state funds disbursed under this chapter may be used only to defray expenses of the registrar's office in connection with voter registration, including additional expenses related to:

(1) implementation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. Section 1973gg et seq.); [and]

(2) complying with the weekly updating requirements prescribed by Section 18.063; and

(3) the employment of temporary voter registration personnel for not more than 39 weeks in a state fiscal year.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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