Amend CSSB 14 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____. Effective September 1, 2011, Subchapter C, Chapter 20, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 20.067 to read as follows:

Sec. 20.067. TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. (a) The Department of Public Safety shall establish and operate a travel reimbursement program, under which an individual who earns not more than 100 percent of the income standard established by applicable federal poverty guidelines may submit an application for reimbursement to the department to recover the expenses incurred by the individual in traveling to and from the department office to obtain a photo identification for purposes of voting.

(b) The department shall reimburse an individual meeting the requirements described by Subsection (a).

(c) The department shall adopt necessary rules to implement the program required by this section.