85R1140 SRS-D
 
  By: Dutton H.B. No. 159
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to electronic voter registration.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 13.002, Election Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  A person desiring to register to vote must submit an
  application to the registrar of the county in which the person
  resides.  Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (e) and
  (e-1), an application must be submitted by personal delivery, by
  mail, or by telephonic facsimile machine in accordance with
  Sections 13.143(d) and (d-2).
         (e-1)  A registrar shall adopt procedures to allow a person
  to complete a voter registration application over the Internet.
  The secretary of state shall review any procedures adopted under
  this section to ensure the procedures comply with the provisions of
  this code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 13.072, Election Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  A registrar may not reject an application that was
  forwarded to the registrar under Subsection (d) because the
  application was submitted electronically.
         SECTION 3.  The voter registrar of a county must adopt
  procedures for the acceptance of voter registration applications
  under Section 13.002(e-1), Election Code, as added by this Act, not
  later than September 1, 2017.
         SECTION 4.  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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
  legislative session.