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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to measures to prevent noncitizen voter registration and |
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voting. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 11, Election Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 11.0021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.0021. MEASURES TO PREVENT NONCITIZEN VOTER |
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REGISTRATION AND VOTING. Notwithstanding any other law, to ensure |
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a person who is not a citizen of the United States may not register |
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to vote or vote: |
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(1) at least twice each year, the secretary of state |
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shall use the United States Department of Homeland Security |
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database of noncitizens living in Texas to identify noncitizens |
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whose voter registrations should be canceled and shall take all |
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appropriate actions; |
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(2) the Department of Public Safety shall forward to |
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the secretary of state the file of a person who applies for a Texas |
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driver's license or identification card and provides on the |
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application form that the person is not a citizen of the United |
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States; |
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(3) the secretary of state may audit a county's voter |
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registration list to ensure a county complies with: |
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(A) state law; and |
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(B) the secretary of state's directives, |
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including a requested deletion from a county's voter registration |
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list; and |
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(4) a county registrar shall take all appropriate |
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actions to confirm the citizenship status of a person who applies |
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for voter registration whose application does not provide: |
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(A) the person's Texas driver's license number or |
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the number of an identification card issued by the Department of |
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Public Safety to the person; or |
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(B) the last four digits of the person's social |
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security number. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |