Bill Text: TX HB2925 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the delivery of certain voter registration certificates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2925 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2925-Introduced.html
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By: Schofield | H.B. No. 2925 |
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relating to the delivery of certain voter registration | ||
certificates. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 13.144, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), not [ |
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than the 30th day after the date the registrar receives the | ||
application, the registrar shall deliver the original of an initial | ||
certificate: | ||
(1) in person to the applicant or the applicant's agent | ||
appointed under Section 13.003; or | ||
(2) by mail to the applicant. | ||
(d) The registrar may not deliver an initial certificate | ||
during the 30 days immediately preceding an election in which the | ||
applicant's registration will not be effective. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a voter registration certificate for which an application is | ||
received by the voter registrar on or after September 1, 2015. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |