H.B. No. 2324

AN ACT

relating to the deadline for volunteer deputy registrars to submit voter registration applications.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 13.042(c), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c) An application submitted after the 34th day before the date of an election and on or before the last day for a person to timely submit a registration application for that election as provided by Section 13.143 [before the 29th day before the date of an election in which any qualified voter of the county is eligible to vote] shall be delivered not later than 5 p.m. of the next regular business day after the date to timely submit a registration application for that election as provided by Section 13.143 [29th day before election day].

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2324 was passed by the House on May 9, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2324 was passed by the Senate on May 18, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________

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Governor