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application in the inactive file. The application shall be kept in the inactive file for a
period of two years from the date of rejection or cancellation, after which it may be
destroyed.
"Subdivision 2 [4]. (a) After the registrar adds a voter's name to the list of
registered voters from the duplicate registration certificate, he shall file the duplicate in
an active duplicate registration certificate file. An active file [fo r. oh voting yepr]
shall be maintained in numerical order for the entire county.
"(b) When a registration is cancelled, the registrar shall enter the date of and
reason for cancellation on the duplicate certificate and shall transfer it to an inactive
file arranged numerically for each voting year. The duplicate shall be kept in the
inactive file for a period of two years from the date of cancellation, after which it may
be destroyed.
"Subdivision 3 [-5]. Applications and duplicate registration certificates may be
removed from the registrar's office temporarily, under proper safeguards, for use in
preparing registration certificates, lists of registered voters, and other registration
papers by electronic data processing methods, but they may not be removed for any
other purpose. Except as permitted in the preceding sentence, the application, and the
duplicate registration certificates ,]. r tratn a shall be kept in
the registrar's office at all times in a place and in such a manner as to be properly
safeguarded. The files shall be open to public inspection at all times during regular
office hours of the registrar, subject to reasonable regulations and to proper safeguards
against alteration, mutilation, or removal."
Section 7. Amend the Texas Election Code, as amended, by adding thereto a
new Section 47b to read as follows:
"Section 47b.
"Subdivision 1. The secretary of state is hereby authorized to provide a service
program to assist registrars in efficiently maintaining accurate and current lists of
registered voters. Such service program shall provide for, but is not limited to:
"(a obtainin initial lists of registered voters and other necessary information
from the registrars of voters in order to create master files of such information;
"(b) obtaining periodic information from registrars and from any other
available sources for the following purposes:
"(1) to maintain the master files,
"(2) to aid in the determination of the proper status of persons on the lists of
registered voters,
"(3) to aid in the determination of the proper registration information to be
associated with each registrant;
"(c) conducting the various procedures necessary or proper for the
implementation of the service program by utilization of automatic data processing
equipment or by other means;
"(d) furnishing information which may be useful to the registrars in the
performance of their duties;
"(e) contracting with political subdivisions of this state to provide such other
services as are necessary to the performance of the duties of election officials. Fees
collected through such contracts shall be retained by the secretary of state to defray
expenses of the service program.
"Subdivision 2. Implementation of this program shall be by directive of the
Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall make a full report to the Legislature
which convenes in January of 1977 of all steps taken to implement this program. He
shall include in his report a description of any difficulties encountered and his
recommendations, if any, for corrective legislation.
"Subdivision 3. Each March 1 and September 1 the Secretary of State shall
prepare a copy of the master state voter file on magnetic tape, which shall include each
voter's county, voting precinct number, name, permanent residence address, mailing
address if any, sex, year of birth, and registration number. It shall not include anyMay 20, 1975
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