1. (a) The following state agencies are designated as voter registration agencies:

   1. (1) any agency or program that provides public assistance, including:

      1. (A) Texas Department of Human Services (AFDC program, Medicaid program, food stamp program, programs for the aged);
      2. (B) Texas Department of Health (special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children); and
      3. (C) any other agency or program as determined by the secretary of state;
   2. (2) Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation;
   3. (3) Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired;
   4. (4) Texas School for the Deaf;
   5. (5) Texas Commission for the Blind;
   6. (6) Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired;
   7. (7) Texas Rehabilitation Commission; and
   8. (8) any other agency that provides a state-funded program primarily engaged in providing services to persons with disabilities, as determined by the secretary of state.
2. (b) The Department of Public Safety is designated as a voter registration agency.

3. (c) Each public library, including any branch or other service outlet, is designated as a voter registration agency. In this chapter, "public library" means a library that:

   1. (1) is regularly open for business for more than 30 hours a week;
   2. (2) is operated by a single public agency or board;
   3. (3) is open without charge to all persons under identical conditions; and
   4. (4) receives its financial support wholly or partly from public funds.
4. (d) Each marriage license office of the county clerk is designated as a voter registration agency.
5. (e) The secretary of state shall designate other agencies or offices as voter registration agencies as necessary for compliance with federal law.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.