85R332 GRM-D
 
  By: Dutton H.B. No. 187
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to
  provide notice to certain persons of the right to vote.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 20, Election Code, is amended by adding
  Subchapter F to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER F. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
         Sec. 20.151.  APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS. The other
  provisions of this chapter do not apply to the Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice.
         Sec. 20.152.  NOTICE TO FORMER INMATE. (a) The Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice shall provide written notice to a
  person who is released from the custody or supervision of the
  department that the person may be eligible to vote if the person is
  no longer subject to the disability referred to in Section
  11.002(a)(4).
         (b)  The department shall provide to the person an official
  voter registration application form prescribed by the secretary of
  state together with the notice required by Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.