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89(R) SB 510 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
S.B. No. 510
AN ACT
relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter
registration laws.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.039, Election Code, is transferred to
Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Election Code, redesignated as Section
12.007, Election Code, and amended to read as follows:
Sec.
12.007
[
16.039
]. FAILURE BY REGISTRAR TO TIMELY
PERFORM DUTY. (a)
The secretary of state may withhold funds
administered and distributed by the secretary under Chapter 19 or
Section 31.009 from a registrar if, after providing the registrar a
written notice of the alleged violation and a reasonable
opportunity to correct the alleged violation, the
[
If a
] registrar
fails to timely perform a duty imposed on the registrar under this
code
[
subchapter
] requiring
:
(1)
the approval, change, or cancellation of a voter's
registration
;
(2)
the scheduling of a hearing under Section 16.064
or 16.093;
(3)
the determination of a challenge under Section
16.066 or 16.095; or
(4) the delivery of notice under Section 16.0921
[
, the
secretary of state may withhold funds administered and distributed
by the secretary under Chapter 19 or Section 31.009 from the
registrar
].
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the secretary of state
shall distribute funds under Chapter 19 or Section 31.009 if the
registrar performs the registrar's duty not later than 30 days
after the funds are withheld.
(c)
The secretary of state shall prescribe rules for the
administration of this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
______________________________
______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 510 passed the Senate on
May 13, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2025, by the
following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 510 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 109,
Nays 33, one present not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
______________________________
Date
______________________________
Governor