85R3387 GRM-D     By: Israel H.B. No. 1002       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the issuance of a receipt by the Department of Public   Safety to an applicant for a driver's license or personal   identification certificate that may be used to show proof of voter   registration.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 20, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 20.0631 to read as follows:          Sec. 20.0631.  TRANSACTION RECEIPT. The Department of   Public Safety shall issue a transaction receipt to each qualifying   applicant for a driver's license or personal identification   certificate who completes a voter registration application as   provided by Section 20.063. The receipt must include:                (1)  the applicant's name;                (2)  the date of issuance of the receipt;                (3)  a statement indicating that the applicant   submitted a voter registration application; and                (4)  the following statement: "This receipt is proof of   your application for voter registration. Retain it until you   receive a voter registration certificate from your local voter   registrar. If you do not receive a voter registration certificate,   you may use this as proof that you submitted a timely voter   registration application."          SECTION 2.  Section 63.011, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:          (f)  A person who votes a provisional ballot solely because   the person's name was not on the list of registered voters for the   precinct in which the person voted may present a voter registration   receipt issued to the person under Section 20.0631 as proof that the   person is registered to vote in the precinct. An election officer   shall attach the receipt to the envelope containing the person's   provisional ballot. A person who does not present a voter   registration receipt at the time of voting a provisional ballot may   present the receipt to the voter registrar in the same manner as   presenting identification for a provisional ballot under Section   65.0541.           SECTION 3.  Section 65.054, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:          (e)  For purposes of Subsection (b)(1), a voter registration   receipt indicating the voter registered in the precinct in which   the voter voted that is attached to the envelope containing a   provisional ballot or presented to the voter registrar under   Section 63.011(f) is proof that a person who voted a provisional   ballot solely because the person's name was not on the list of   registered voters for the precinct in which the person voted is   eligible to vote in the election. The voter registrar shall amend   the list of registered voters accordingly.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.