Bill Text: TX HB466 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to providing voter registration application forms to certain discharged inmates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-24 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB466 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB466-Introduced.html
| 83R2424 JRR-D | ||
| By: Johnson | H.B. No. 466 | |
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| relating to providing voter registration application forms to | ||
| certain discharged inmates. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 501.0166 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 501.0166. PROVIDING DISCHARGED INMATE WITH VOTER | ||
| REGISTRATION APPLICATION FORM. Before discharging an inmate who | ||
| has fully completed the inmate's sentence, including any term of | ||
| parole or supervision, the department shall determine whether the | ||
| inmate is eligible for registration as a voter in this state under | ||
| Section 13.001, Election Code. If the inmate is eligible for | ||
| registration under Section 13.001, Election Code, the department | ||
| shall provide to the inmate an official voter registration | ||
| application form when the department discharges the inmate. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
