By: Israel	H.B. No. 2987

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relati
	ng to issuance of a receipt for a voter registration
	application that may be used for the purpose of voting.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Section 13.009 to read as follows:
	Sec. 13.009.  ISSUANCE OF RECEIPT. (a)  This section applies
	only to a completed registration application that is submitted by
	the applicant in person to a voter registrar, deputy registrar, or
	volunteer deputy registrar or a voter registration agency
	designated under Chapter 20.  This section does not apply to a
	completed registration application that is submitted by mail.
	(b)  On receipt of a completed registration application, the
	person receiving the application shall prepare a receipt on a form
	prescribed by the secretary of state and furnished by the
	registrar.
	(c)  The receipt must contain:
	(1)  the name of the applicant and, if applicable, the
	name of the applicant's agent;
	(2)  the date the completed application is submitted to
	the volunteer deputy registrar; and
	(3)  the following statement:  "This receipt is your
	proof of application for voter registration.  Retain it until you
	receive a voter registration certificate from your local voter
	registrar.  If you do not receive a voter certificate, you may use
	this receipt as proof that you timely submitted an application to
	vote."
	(d)  The person receiving the application shall sign the
	receipt in the applicant's presence and shall present the signed
	receipt to the applicant.
	(e)  The person receiving the application shall deliver a
	duplicate receipt to the registrar with the registration
	application or sign and date the application as set forth in
	subsection (g).  The registrar shall retain the receipt on file with
	the application.
	(f)  A voter registrar may allow a deputy voter registrar to
	sign their name, the date of registration, and any additional
	information required by the voter registrar on the voter
	registration application instead of issuing duplicate receipts.
	(g)  The secretary of state may prescribe a procedure that is
	an alternative to the procedure prescribed by this section that
	will ensure the accountability of the registration applications.
	SECTION 2.  Section 63.011, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f)  A person who votes a provisional ballot solely because
	the person's name was not on the list of registered voters for the
	precinct in which the person voted may present a voter registration
	receipt issued to the person under Section 13.009 as proof that the
	person is registered to vote in the precinct.  A person who does not
	present a voter registration receipt at the time of voting a
	provisional ballot may present the receipt to the voter registrar
	in the same manner as presenting identification for a provisional
	ballot under Section 65.0541.
	SECTION 3.  Section 65.054, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (e) and (f) to read as follows:
	(e)  Any voter who does not appear on the list of registered
	voters for the precinct and presents a receipt issued by a deputy
	voter registrar shall be noted on the affidavit executed under this
	section.  The affidavit shall include space for disclosure of the
	deputy registrar's name as listed on the receipt and the date the
	receipt was issued.  The election judge shall sign the affidavit to
	attest that the voter presented the receipt and that the
	information on the affidavit matches the receipt.
	(f)  For purposes of Subsection (b)(1), an affidavit
	indicating the voter registered in the precinct in which the voter
	voted that contains the name of a certified deputy registrar of the
	county and the receipt was dated in a timely manner to be eligible
	for the election or a receipt presented to the voter registrar under
	Section 63.011(f) is proof that the voter is eligible to vote in the
	election.  The voter registrar shall amend the list of registered
	voters accordingly and the early voting ballot board shall count
	the ballot.
	SECTION 4.  Section 13.040, Election Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 5.  The change in law made by this Act in adding
	Section 13.009, Election Code, applies only to a voter registration
	application submitted on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.