85R4264 GRM-D     By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 953       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to voter registration applications.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 13.073, Election Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as   follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (b-1), the   registrar shall deliver written notice of the reason for the   rejection of an application to the applicant not later than the   second day after the date of rejection.          (b-1)  Before rejecting an application on which an applicant   provided an e-mail address, the registrar may notify an applicant   by e-mail that the registrar needs additional information to   approve the application, including correcting an applicant's date   of birth, spelling of the applicant's name, or providing additional   information to correct an address or county of residence. The   registrar shall make a reasonable effort to contact the applicant   by e-mail. If no response is received before the fourth day after   the date the registrar sends the notification, the registrar may   reject the application.           SECTION 2.  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 furnishing of the   applicant's telephone number, e-mail address, and sex 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 registration purposes;                (11)  a statement that if the applicant does register   to vote, information regarding the agency or office to which the   application is submitted will remain confidential and will be used   only for voter registration purposes;                (12)  a space or box for indicating whether the   applicant is interested in working as an election judge;                (13)  a statement warning that a conviction for making   a false statement may result in imprisonment for up to the maximum   amount of time provided by law, a fine of up to the maximum amount   provided by law, or both the imprisonment and the fine; [and]                (14)  a space for the applicant's e-mail address; and                (15)  any other voter registration information   required by federal law or considered appropriate and required by   the secretary of state.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.