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Amend SB 5 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 6, strike "Section 31.013" and substitute "Sections 31.013 and 31.014".
(2) On page 2, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
Sec. 31.014. VOTER TURNOUT STRATEGIC PLAN. (a) The secretary of state shall prepare and implement a strategic plan aimed at making all affected citizens of this state aware of their ability to use mobile locations for obtaining election identification certificates, the use of a declaration of reasonable impediment, and documentation that is acceptable proof of identification.
(b) In developing the plan, the secretary of state shall use evidence-based methods of increasing voter turnout using the methods described by Subsection (a) and shall collaborate with institutions of higher education to determine the most appropriate measures of success and develop performance benchmarks for the use of those methods.
(c) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the secretary of state shall report on the progress of the strategic plan under this section, using the most recently updated data, to the standing committee of each house of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over election matters.
(d) This section expires January 1, 2023.
(3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. The secretary of state shall adopt the strategic plan under Section 31.014, Election Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2018, to be fully implemented not later than December 31, 2022.