85R22583 SRS-D     By: Canales H.B. No. 209     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 209:     By:  Allen C.S.H.B. No. 209       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to voter registration application forms in high schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 13.046, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (c-1) and (i) and amending Subsection (h) to   read as follows:          (c-1)  A high school shall always make available   registration application forms to students and employees of the   school.          (h)  The secretary of state shall:                (1)  consult with the Texas Education Agency regarding   the number of registration application forms to provide to each   high school;                (2)  provide to each high school registration   application forms in the number determined from the consultation   under Subdivision (1); and                 (3)  prescribe any additional procedures necessary to   implement this section.          (i)  A registration application form provided or made   available under this section must be in the form of the officially   prescribed application form for registration by mail under Section   13.121.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018   school year.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.