Bill Text: TX HB2477 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to provision of bilingual election materials.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2477 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2477-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2477 | ||
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| relating to provision of bilingual election materials. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 142.010, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) In conjunction with the certification required under | ||
| Subsection (a), the secretary of state shall include appropriate | ||
| ballot translation language, as applicable, for each language | ||
| certified statewide or in a specific county by the director of the | ||
| census under 42 U.S.C. Section 1973aa-1a. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 161.008, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) In conjunction with the certification required under | ||
| Subsection (a), the secretary of state shall include appropriate | ||
| ballot translation language, as applicable, for each language | ||
| certified statewide or in a specific county by the director of the | ||
| census under 42 U.S.C. Section 1973aa-1a. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 192.033, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) In conjunction with the certification required under | ||
| Subsection (a), the secretary of state shall include appropriate | ||
| ballot translation language, as applicable, for each language | ||
| certified statewide or in a specific county by the director of the | ||
| census under 42 U.S.C. Section 1973aa-1a. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 274.003, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) In conjunction with the certification required under | ||
| Subsection (a), the secretary of state shall include appropriate | ||
| ballot translation language, as applicable, for each language | ||
| certified statewide or for a specific county by the director of the | ||
| census under 42 U.S.C. Section 1973aa-1a. | ||
| SECTION 5. Chapter 272, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 272.011 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 272.011. BILINGUAL ELECTION MATERIALS REQUIRED IN | ||
| CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. (a) If the director of the census | ||
| determines under 42 U.S.C. Section 1973aa-1a that a political | ||
| subdivision must provide election materials in a language other | ||
| than English or Spanish, the political subdivision shall provide | ||
| election materials in that language in the same manner in which the | ||
| political subdivision would be required to provide materials in | ||
| Spanish under this chapter, to the extent applicable. | ||
| (b) The secretary of state shall prepare the translation for | ||
| election materials required to be provided in a language other than | ||
| English or Spanish for the following state prescribed voter forms: | ||
| (1) voter registration application form required by | ||
| Section 13.002; | ||
| (2) the confirmation form required by Section 15.051; | ||
| (3) the voting instruction poster required by Section | ||
| 62.011; | ||
| (4) the statement of residence form required by | ||
| Section 63.0011; | ||
| (5) the provisional ballot affidavit required by | ||
| Section 63.011; | ||
| (6) the application for a ballot by mail required by | ||
| Section 84.011; | ||
| (7) the carrier envelope and voting instructions | ||
| required by Section 86.013; and | ||
| (8) any other voter forms that the secretary of state | ||
| identifies as frequently used and for which state resources are | ||
| otherwise available. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2477 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
| 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 2477 on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2477 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
