BILL ANALYSIS |
H.B. 3034 |
By: Fallon |
Elections |
Committee Report (Unamended) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties contend that a voter registrar should be able to cancel a voter's registration without a notarized, sworn statement by a relative of the voter. H.B. 3034 seeks to address this issue by revising provisions relating to the cancellation of a voter's registration.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
H.B. 3034 amends the Election Code to change a condition under which a voter registrar is required to immediately cancel a voter's registration from receipt of a sworn statement by a person related within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity to the voter indicating that the voter is deceased to receipt of a signed statement by such a person indicating that the voter is deceased.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2015.
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