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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to |
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provide notice to certain persons of the right to vote. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 20, Election Code, is amended by adding |
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Subchapter F to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER F. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE |
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Sec. 20.151. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS. The other |
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provisions of this chapter do not apply to the Texas Department of |
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Criminal Justice. |
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Sec. 20.152. NOTICE TO FORMER INMATE. (a) The Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice shall provide written notice to a |
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person who is released from the custody or supervision of the |
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department that the person may be eligible to vote if the person is |
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no longer subject to the disability referred to in Section |
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11.002(a)(4). |
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(b) The department shall provide to the person an official |
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voter registration application form prescribed by the secretary of |
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state together with the notice required by Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |