Bill Text: TX HB1478 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter registration laws.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-26 - Filed [HB1478 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1478-Introduced.html
| 89R2064 LRM-F | ||
| By: Cain | H.B. No. 1478 | |
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| relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter | ||
| registration laws. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 16.039, Election Code, is transferred to | ||
| Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Election Code, redesignated as Section | ||
| 12.007, Election Code, and amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 12.007 [ |
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| PERFORM DUTY. (a) The secretary of state may withhold funds | ||
| administered and distributed by the secretary under Chapter 19 or | ||
| Section 31.009 from a registrar if the [ |
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| timely perform a duty imposed on the registrar under this code | ||
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| (1) the approval, change, or cancellation of a voter's | ||
| registration; | ||
| (2) the scheduling of a hearing under Section 16.064 | ||
| or 16.093; | ||
| (3) the determination of a challenge under Section | ||
| 16.066 or 16.095; or | ||
| (4) the delivery of notice under Section 16.0921[ |
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| (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the secretary of state | ||
| shall distribute funds under Chapter 19 or Section 31.009 if the | ||
| registrar performs the registrar's duty not later than 30 days | ||
| after the funds are withheld. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
