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                                                                  H.B. No. 2068




AN ACT

relating to the designation of certain state agencies as voter 
registration agencies.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 20.001(a), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	(a)  The following state agencies are designated as voter 
registration agencies:
		(1)  Health and Human Services Commission [any agency 
or program that provides public assistance, including:
			[(A)  Texas Department of Human Services (AFDC 
program, Medicaid program, food stamp program, programs for the 
aged);
			[(B)  Texas Department of Health (special 
supplemental food program for women, infants, and children); and
			[(C)  any other agency or program as determined by 
the secretary of state];
		(2)  [Texas] Department of Aging and Disability 
Services [Mental Health and Mental Retardation];
		(3)  Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative 
Services [Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired];
		(4)  Department of State Health Services [Texas School 
for the Deaf;
		[(5)  Texas Commission for the Blind;                        
		[(6)  Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired;      
		[(7)  Texas Rehabilitation Commission]; and                  
		(5) [(8)]  any other agency or [that provides a 
state-funded] program [primarily engaged in providing services to 
persons with disabilities,] as determined by the secretary of state 
that primarily provides:
			(A)  public assistance; or                                            
			(B)  services to persons with disabilities.                           
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2068 was passed by the House on April 
29, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2068 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor