Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Seventh Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 2 Page: 1,032
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77th LEGISLATURE- REGULAR SESSION
of residence not later than the 10th day of the month following the month
in which the abstract is received under this subsection.
Amendment No. 1 was adopted without objection.
Amendment No. 2
Representatives Madden and J. Jones offered the following amendment
to HB 2509:
Amend HB 2509 by adding the following appropriately numbered
sections to the bill and renumbering subsequent sections of the bill to read
appropriately:
SECTION __. Section 13.004, Election Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 13.004. RECORDING AND DISCLOSURE OF TELEPHONE
NUMBER OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER BY REGISTRAR. (a) The
registrar may not transcribe, copy, or otherwise record a telephone number
furnished on a registration application.
(b) The registrar may transcribe, copy, or otherwise record a social security
number furnished on a registration application only in maintaining the accuracy
of the registration records.
(c) A social security number or telephone number furnished on a
registration application is confidential and does not constitute public information
for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code. The registrar shall ensure that
the social security and telephone numbers are excluded from disclosure.
SECTION . Section 13.122(a), Election Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(a) In addition to the other statements and spaces for entering information
that appear on an officially prescribed registration application form, each official
form must include:
(1) the statement: "I understand that giving false information to
procure a voter registration is perjury and a crime under state and federal law.";
(2) a space for the applicant's registration number;
(3) a space for the applicant's Texas driver's license number or number
of a personal identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety;
(4) a space for the applicant's telephone number;
(5) a space for the applicant's social security number;
(6) a space for the applicant's sex;
(7) a statement indicating that the omission [furnsising] of the
applicant's driver's license number, personal identification card number,
telephone number, social security number, or [td] sex does not affect the
validity of the registration application [is optional];
(8) a space or box for indicating whether the applicant or voter is
submitting new registration information or a change in current registration
information;
(9) a statement instructing a voter who is using the form to make a
change in current registration information to enter the voter's name and the
changed information in the appropriate spaces on the form;
(10) a statement that if the applicant declines to register to vote, that
fact will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration1032
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Seventh Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 2, legislative document, 2001; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth97447/m1/12/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.