Bill Text: TX SB145 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a voter education program for high school seniors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to State Affairs [SB145 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB145-Introduced.html
| 85R1760 SRS-F | ||
| By: Garcia | S.B. No. 145 | |
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| relating to a voter education program for high school seniors. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 31.013 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 31.013. VOTER EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL | ||
| SENIORS. (a) The secretary of state, in consultation with the | ||
| commissioner of education, shall develop a nonpartisan voter | ||
| education program designed to be presented to high school seniors. | ||
| (b) The voter education program developed under Subsection | ||
| (a) must: | ||
| (1) provide information concerning: | ||
| (A) the importance of voting; | ||
| (B) the manner in which a person may register to | ||
| vote in this state; | ||
| (C) the manner in which a person may vote using | ||
| the voting systems most commonly used in this state; | ||
| (D) election dates, as provided under Chapter 41; | ||
| (E) the hours polls are open; | ||
| (F) early voting; and | ||
| (G) how to determine the correct polling place; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) provide an opportunity, during the period in which | ||
| the program is being presented, for students to complete voter | ||
| registration application forms. | ||
| (c) Once each year, at the request of an administrator of a | ||
| public or private high school, the county clerk for the county in | ||
| which the school is located, or the clerk's designee, may present | ||
| the program to high school seniors at the school. The program must | ||
| be presented at school during regular school hours. | ||
| 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, 2017. | ||
