1. (a) If a person completes a voter registration application as provided by Section 20.063, the Department of Public Safety shall:

   1. (1) input the information provided on the application into the department's electronic data system; and
   2. (2) inform the applicant that the applicant's electronic signature provided to the department will be used for submitting the applicant's voter registration application.
2. (b) Not later than the fifth day after the date a person completes a voter registration application and provides an electronic signature to the department, the department shall electronically transfer the applicant's voter registration data, including the applicant's signature, to the secretary of state.
3. (c) The secretary of state shall prescribe additional procedures as necessary to implement this section.

4. (d) The procedures may allow:

   1. (1) the department to delay the implementation of the transmission of electronic signatures under this section until January 1, 2008, if the department determines that it lacks the proper equipment for making the transmission; and
   2. (2) a person to be registered without a signature if a delay is granted under Subdivision (1) and all other information required for registration has been submitted electronically under this section.
5. (e) Subsection (d) and this subsection expire January 2, 2008.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1136, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1105 (H.B. 2280), Sec. 9, eff. January 1, 2006.