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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on |
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receipt of a statement from a family member that the person is |
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deceased. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 16.031(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The registrar shall cancel a voter's registration |
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immediately if the registrar: |
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(1) determines from information received under |
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Section 16.001(c) that the voter is deceased; |
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(2) has personal knowledge that the voter is deceased; |
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(3) receives from a person related within the second |
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degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter |
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573, Government Code, to the voter a signed [sworn] statement by |
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that person indicating that the voter is deceased; or |
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(4) receives notice from the secretary of state under |
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Section 18.068 that the voter is deceased. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |