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AN ACT
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relating to the use of state voter registration funds to employ |
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temporary staff in a voter registrar's office. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 19.004(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), state funds |
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disbursed under this chapter may be used only to defray expenses of |
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the registrar's office in connection with voter registration, |
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including additional expenses related to: |
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(1) implementation of the National Voter Registration |
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Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. Section 1973gg et seq.); [and] |
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(2) complying with the weekly updating requirements |
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prescribed by Section 18.063; and |
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(3) the employment of temporary voter registration |
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personnel for not more than 39 weeks in a state fiscal year. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3061 was passed by the House on April |
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22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 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. 3061 was passed by the Senate on May |
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14, 2009, 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 |