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		By: Bettencourt, Hall
            S.B. No. 2433
         
		    Middleton
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to certain election practices and procedures; increasing a 
         
            criminal penalty; providing an administrative penalty.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 13.002(c), Election Code, is amended to 
         
            read as follows:
         
                   (c)  A registration application must include:
         
                         (1)  the applicant's first name, middle name, if any, 
         
            last name, and former name, if any;
         
                         (2)  the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth;
         
                         (3)  a statement that the applicant is a United States 
         
            citizen;
         
                         (4)  a statement that the applicant is a resident of the 
         
            county;
         
                         (5)  a statement that the applicant has not been 
         
            determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate 
         
            jurisdiction to be:
         
                               (A)  totally mentally incapacitated; or
         
                               (B)  partially mentally incapacitated without the 
         
            right to vote;
         
                         (6)  a statement that the applicant has not been 
         
            finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon 
         
            eligible for registration under Section 13.001;
         
                         (7)  the applicant's residence address or, if the 
         
            residence has no address:[,]
         
                               (A)  the address at which the applicant receives 
         
            mail;
         
                               (B)  [and] a concise description of the location 
         
            of the applicant's residence; and
         
                               (C)  a statement that the applicant's residence 
         
            has no address;
         
                         (8)  the following information:
         
                               (A)  the applicant's Texas driver's license number 
         
            or the number of a personal identification card issued by the 
         
            Department of Public Safety;
         
                               (B)  if the applicant has not been issued a number 
         
            described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's 
         
            social security number; or
         
                               (C)  a statement by the applicant that the 
         
            applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or 
         
            (B);
         
                         (9)  if the application is made by an agent, a statement 
         
            of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and
         
                         (10)  the city and county in which the applicant 
         
            formerly resided.
         
                   SECTION 2.  Section 31.037, Election Code, is amended to 
         
            read as follows:
         
                   Sec. 31.037.  SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.  The 
         
            employment of the county elections administrator may be suspended, 
         
            with or without pay, or terminated at any time for good and 
         
            sufficient cause on the three-fifths [four-fifths] vote of the 
         
            county election commission and approval of that action by a 
         
            majority vote of the commissioners court.
         
                   SECTION 3.  Section 31.043, Election Code, is amended to 
         
            read as follows:
         
                   Sec. 31.043.  DUTIES OF ADMINISTRATOR GENERALLY.  (a) The 
         
            county elections administrator shall perform:
         
                         (1)  the duties and functions of the voter registrar;
         
                         (2)  the duties and functions placed on the county 
         
            clerk by this code;
         
                         (3)  the duties and functions relating to elections 
         
            that are placed on the county clerk by statutes outside this code, 
         
            subject to Section 31.044; and
         
                         (4)  the duties and functions placed on the 
         
            administrator under Sections 31.044 and 31.045.
         
                   (b)  The county elections administrator is a nonvoting 
         
            member of the county election commission and the county election 
         
            board.
         
                   SECTION 4.  Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Election Code, is 
         
            amended by adding Sections 31.0431, 31.0432, 31.0433, 31.0434, and 
         
            31.0435 to read as follows:
         
                   Sec. 31.0431. 
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Election Code 31.037, Election Code 31.043, Election Code 43.031, Election Code 65.053, Election Code 65.014, Election Code 66.052, Election Code 66.055, Election Code 86.011, Election Code 127.126, Election Code 127.351 (Election Code 65, Election Code 66, Election Code 86, Election Code 43, Election Code 127, Election Code 31)
Senate Committee Report: Election Code 13.002, Election Code 31.037, Election Code 31.043, Election Code 43.031, Election Code 65.014, Election Code 65.053, Election Code 66.052, Election Code 66.055, Election Code 86.011, Election Code 127.126, Election Code 127.351 (Election Code 65, Election Code 13, Election Code 66, Election Code 86, Election Code 43, Election Code 127, Election Code 31)
Engrossed: Election Code 13.002, Election Code 31.037, Election Code 31.043, Election Code 43.031, Election Code 65.014, Election Code 65.053, Election Code 66.052, Election Code 66.055, Election Code 67.007, Election Code 67.013, Election Code 86.011, Election Code 127.126, Election Code 127.351 (Election Code 65, Election Code 13, Election Code 66, Election Code 86, Election Code 43, Election Code 67, Election Code 127, Election Code 31)


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to certain election practices and procedures; increasing a
	criminal penalty; providing an administrative penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 13.002(c), Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(c) A registration application must include:
	(1) the applicant's first name, middle name, if any,
	last name, and former name, if any;
	(2) the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth;
	(3) a statement that the applicant is a United States
	citizen;
	(4) a statement that the applicant is a resident of the
	county;
	(5) a statement that the applicant has not been
	determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate
	jurisdiction to be:
	(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or
	(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the
	right to vote;
	(6) a statement that the applicant has not been
	finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon
	eligible for registration under Section 13.001;
	(7) the applicant's residence address or, if the
	residence has no address:[,]
	(A) the address at which the applicant receives
	mail;
	(B) [~~and~~] a concise description of the location
	of the applicant's residence; and
	(C) a statement that the applicant's residence
	has no address;
	(8) the following information:
	(A) the applicant's Texas driver's license number
	or the number of a personal identification card issued by the
	Department of Public Safety;
	(B) if the applicant has not been issued a number
	described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's
	social security number; or
	(C) a statement by the applicant that the
	applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or
	(B);
	(9) if the application is made by an agent, a statement
	of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and
	(10) the city and county in which the applicant
	formerly resided.
	SECTION 2. Section 31.037, Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 31.037. SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. The
	employment of the county elections administrator may be suspended,
	with or without pay, or terminated at any time for good and
	sufficient cause on the three-fifths [~~four-fifths~~] vote of the
	county election commission and approval of that action by a
	majority vote of the commissioners court.
	SECTION 3. Section 31.043, Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 31.043. DUTIES OF ADMINISTRATOR GENERALLY. (a) The
	county elections administrator shall perform:
	(1) the duties and functions of the voter registrar;
	(2) the duties and functions placed on the county
	clerk by this code;
	(3) the duties and functions relating to elections
	that are placed on the county clerk by statutes outside this code,
	subject to Section 31.044; and
	(4) the duties and functions placed on the
	administrator under Sections 31.044 and 31.045.
	(b) The county elections administrator is a nonvoting
	member of the county election commission and the county election
	board.
	SECTION 4. Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Sections 31.0431, 31.0432, 31.0433, 31.0434, and
	31.0435 to read as follows:
	Sec. 31.0431. Statutes affected: Introduced: Election Code 31.037, Election Code 31.043, Election Code 43.031, Election Code 65.053, Election Code 65.014, Election Code 66.052, Election Code 66.055, Election Code 86.011, Election Code 127.126, Election Code 127.351 (Election Code 65, Election Code 66, Election Code 86, Election Code 43, Election Code 127, Election Code 31) Senate Committee Report: Election Code 13.002, Election Code 31.037, Election Code 31.043, Election Code 43.031, Election Code 65.014, Election Code 65.053, Election Code 66.052, Election Code 66.055, Election Code 86.011, Election Code 127.126, Election Code 127.351 (Election Code 65, Election Code 13, Election Code 66, Election Code 86, Election Code 43, Election Code 127, Election Code 31) Engrossed: Election Code 13.002, Election Code 31.037, Election Code 31.043, Election Code 43.031, Election Code 65.014, Election Code 65.053, Election Code 66.052, Election Code 66.055, Election Code 67.007, Election Code 67.013, Election Code 86.011, Election Code 127.126, Election Code 127.351 (Election Code 65, Election Code 13, Election Code 66, Election Code 86, Election Code 43, Election Code 67, Election Code 127, Election Code 31)