Bill Text: TX HB552 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to voter registration application forms in high schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-08 - Left pending in committee [HB552 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB552-Introduced.html
86R1049 SRS-D | ||
By: Canales | H.B. No. 552 |
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relating to voter registration application forms in high schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 13.046, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (c-1) and (i) and amending Subsection (h) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c-1) A high school shall always make available | ||
registration application forms to students and employees of the | ||
school. | ||
(h) The secretary of state shall: | ||
(1) consult with the Texas Education Agency regarding | ||
the number of registration application forms to provide to each | ||
high school; | ||
(2) provide to each high school registration | ||
application forms in the number determined from the consultation | ||
under Subdivision (1); and | ||
(3) prescribe any additional procedures necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
(i) A registration application form provided or made | ||
available under this section must be in the form of the officially | ||
prescribed application form for registration by mail under Section | ||
13.121. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |