By: Uresti S.B. No. 550

(In the Senate - Filed February 13, 2013; February 20, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; April 17, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 4; April 17, 2013, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 550 By: Ellis

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the determination that a voter is deceased.

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

SECTION 1. Section 18.068, Election Code, as added by Chapter 683 (H.B. 174), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 18.068. COMPARISON OF INFORMATION REGARDING INELIGIBILITY. (a) The secretary of state shall quarterly compare the information received under Section 16.001 of this code and Section 62.113, Government Code, to the statewide computerized voter registration list. If the secretary determines that a voter on the registration list is deceased or has been excused or disqualified from jury service because the voter is not a citizen, the secretary shall send notice of the determination to the voter registrar of the counties considered appropriate by the secretary.

(b) In making the determination that a voter who has voted within the last four years is deceased under this section, the secretary of state must identify the following information as common to the voter and the deceased person:

(1) the last name;

(2) the date of birth; and

(3) the social security number.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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