TITLE: Relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on receipt of a statement from a family member that the person is deceased.

SUMMARY: Relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on receipt of a statement from a family member that the person is deceased.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on receipt of a statement from a family member that the person is deceased. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 16.031(b), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The registrar shall cancel a voter's registration immediately if the registrar: (1) determines from information received under Section 16.001(c) that the voter is deceased; (2) has personal knowledge that the voter is deceased; (3) receives from a person related within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to the voter a signed [sworn] statement by that person indicating that the voter is deceased; or (4) receives notice from the secretary of state under Section 18.068 that the voter is deceased. SECTION 2. 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.