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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing certain persons with a form notifying the |
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voter registrar of a death. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 651, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 651.411 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 651.411. COUNTY VOTER REGISTRAR SWORN STATEMENT FORM. |
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(a) A funeral director or agent of a funeral establishment shall |
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provide to the family, next of kin, or other person making funeral |
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arrangements for a deceased person a form to be mailed to the voter |
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registrar of the county in which the deceased person resided to |
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inform the voter registrar that the person is deceased. |
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(b) The secretary of state shall prescribe the form and the |
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contents of the form. The form must: |
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(1) state that the person submitting the form must be |
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related to the deceased person within the second degree by |
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consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, |
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Government Code; |
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(2) require the person submitting the form to swear to |
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the information provided on the form and sign the form; and |
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(3) require the person to provide enough information |
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to enable the voter registrar to distinguish the deceased person |
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from any other registered voter. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. |