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Amend CSHB 1735 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 11.002(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) In this code, "qualified voter" means a person who:
(1) is 18 years of age or older;
(2) is a United States citizen;
(3) has not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:
(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or
(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;
(4) has not been finally convicted of a felony or, if so convicted, has:
(A) completed [fully discharged the person's sentence, including] any term of incarceration[, parole,] or community supervision, or completed a period of probation ordered by any court;
(B) served at least 10 consecutive years of parole or mandatory supervision; or
(C) [(B)] been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disability to vote;
(5) is a resident of this state; and
(6) is a registered voter.
SECTION ____. Section 13.001(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) To be eligible for registration as a voter in this state, a person must:
(1) be 18 years of age or older;
(2) be a United States citizen;
(3) not have been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:
(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or
(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;
(4) not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if so convicted, must have:
(A) completed [fully discharged the person's sentence, including] any term of incarceration[, parole,] or community supervision, or completed a period of probation ordered by any court;
(B) served at least 10 consecutive years of parole or mandatory supervision; or
(C) [(B)] been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disability to vote; and
(5) be a resident of the county in which application for registration is made.