HBA-CMT H.B. 2921 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2921
By: Jones, Jesse
Elections
8/8/2001
Enrolled



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Counties are able to purchase ineligible voter lists from private
companies.  These companies use numerous databases and cross match several
public  records and credit records to develop the lists, but prior to the
77th Legislature, the lists were not necessarily verified by the county
that purchased the list.  House Bill 2921 requires the registrar to verify
the accuracy of a list of potentially ineligible voters that is obtained
from a private entity before using the list of making the list available to
the public. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 2921 amends the Election Code to prohibit a list of potentially
ineligible voters produced for a county by a private business entity from
being made available to the public or otherwise used by the county
registrar unless the registrar has verified the accuracy of the information
on the list through available public records. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.