Bill Text: TX HB891 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to establishing an interstate voter registration crosscheck program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB891 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB891-Comm_Sub.html
| 84R4308 JRJ-D | ||
| By: Klick, et al. | H.B. No. 891 | |
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| relating to establishing an interstate voter registration | ||
| crosscheck program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 18, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 18.062 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 18.062. INTERSTATE VOTER REGISTRATION CROSSCHECK | ||
| PROGRAM. (a) To maintain the statewide voter registration list and | ||
| to prevent duplication of registration in more than one state or | ||
| jurisdiction, the secretary of state shall cooperate with other | ||
| states and jurisdictions to develop systems to compare voters, | ||
| voter history, and voter registration lists to identify voters | ||
| whose addresses have changed. | ||
| (b) A system developed under this section must comply with | ||
| the Voting Rights Act (52 U.S.C. Section 10101 et seq.). | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2015. | ||
