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  89R8239 JDK-D     By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1542       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to maintaining the accuracy of information contained   within the statewide voter registration system; creating a criminal   offense.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 18.062(i), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (i)  In addition to using a system described by Subsection   (a), the secretary of state shall , [ use data from the National   Change of Address database to identify voters whose addresses have   changed ] for the purpose of preventing duplication of registration   in more than one state or jurisdiction and to identify voters whose   addresses have changed:                 (1)     use data from the National Change of Address   database; and                 (2)     enter into an agreement with the Department of   Public Safety to receive notice of a change of address submitted   under Section 521.054, Transportation Code .          SECTION 2.  Section 18.065, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (e-1) and (g-1) to read as follows.           (e-1)     On a third violation under Subsection (e), the   secretary of state shall, as necessary, assume the voter   registrar's duties relating to the maintenance of the statewide   voter registration list, including the registrar's duties related   to the maintenance of accurate registration records under:                 (1)  Subchapters B, C, and D, Chapter 15; and                 (2)  Chapter 16.           (g-1)     It is an offense for a voter registrar to commit a   violation of a requirement imposed on the registrar by a provision   or rule described in Subsection (a) three or more times. An offense   under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.   An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For   purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the   effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred   before that date.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.