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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study on the implementation of photo voter |
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identification requirements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 31.013 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 31.013. STUDY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF VOTER |
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IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) The secretary of state shall |
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conduct a study on the implementation of the changes in law made by |
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Chapter 123 (S.B. 14), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2011, including: |
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(1) the costs of implementation; |
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(2) additional requirements for election workers to |
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accept a voter; |
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(3) the amount of time needed to accept a voter at the |
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polling place; and |
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(4) training, if any, provided to election workers at |
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the county and precinct levels. |
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(b) Not later than January 1, 2019, the secretary of state |
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shall report the study's findings to the committees of each house of |
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the legislature with jurisdiction over elections. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2019. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |