85R2523 SRS-D     By: Canales 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 Subsection (c-1) 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)  provide the officially prescribed registration   application forms to a high school; and                 (2)  prescribe any additional procedures necessary to   implement this section.          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.