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AN ACT
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relating to a registrar's failure to approve, change, or cancel |
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voter registrations under applicable law. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 16, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 16.039 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 16.039. FAILURE BY REGISTRAR TO TIMELY PERFORM DUTY. |
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(a) If a registrar fails to timely perform a duty imposed on the |
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registrar under this subchapter requiring the approval, change, or |
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cancellation of a voter's registration, the secretary of state may |
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withhold funds administered and distributed by the secretary under |
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Chapter 19 or Section 31.009 from the registrar. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the secretary of state |
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shall distribute funds under Chapter 19 or Section 31.009 if the |
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registrar performs the registrar's duty not later than 30 days |
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after the funds are withheld. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1113 passed the Senate on |
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April 12, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 19, Nays 12; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2021, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1113 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 97, |
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Nays 46, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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