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AN ACT
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relating to the deadline for volunteer deputy registrars to submit |
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voter registration applications. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 13.042(c), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) An application submitted after the 34th day before the |
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date of an election and on or before the last day for a person to |
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timely submit a registration application for that election as |
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provided by Section 13.143 [before the 29th day before the date of
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an election in which any qualified voter of the county is eligible
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to vote] shall be delivered not later than 5 p.m. of the next |
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regular business day after the date to timely submit a registration |
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application for that election as provided by Section 13.143 [29th
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day before election day]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2324 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2324 was passed by the Senate on May |
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18, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |