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


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2921
By: Jones, Jesse
Elections
3/19/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, counties may purchase ineligible voter lists from private
companies.  These companies use numerous databases and cross match several
public  records and credit records to develop these lists, but the lists
are not necessarily verified by the county that purchases 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.