TITLE: Relating to procedures related to the placement of a voter on the suspense list.

SUMMARY: Relating to procedures related to the placement of a voter on the suspense list.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to procedures related to the placement of a voter on the suspense list. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 14.022, Election Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 14.022. ERRONEOUS RETURN OF RENEWAL CERTIFICATE. (a) A voter registrar shall determine whether [If the registrar determines that] a voter's renewal certificate was returned undelivered solely because of postal service error, address reclassification, or the registrar's clerical error.If the registrar determines that the certificate was returned solely because of that error or reclassification,the registrar shall delete the voter's name from the suspense list, make any other appropriate corrections in the registration records, and deliver the certificate to the voter. (b) The secretary of state shall adopt rules for the determination under this section of whether a voter's renewal certificate was returned undelivered solely because of postal service error, address reclassification, or the registrar's clerical error. SECTION 2. Section 63.0011, Election Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: (f) The secretary of state shall adopt rules to provide for the uniform and auditable processing of a statement of residence required under this section. SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section 14.022, Election Code, applies only to a voter registration renewal certificate returned undelivered and received by a voter registrar on or after the effective date of this Act. A voter registration renewal certificate returned undelivered and received by a voter registrar before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the registrar received the undelivered certificate, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.