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      S.B. No. 510         AN ACT   relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter   registration laws.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 16.039, Election Code, is transferred to   Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Election Code, redesignated as Section   12.007, Election Code, and amended to read as follows:          Sec.  12.007  [ 16.039 ].  FAILURE BY REGISTRAR TO TIMELY   PERFORM DUTY. (a)   The secretary of state may withhold funds   administered and distributed by the secretary under Chapter 19 or   Section 31.009 from a registrar if, after providing the registrar a   written notice of the alleged violation and a reasonable   opportunity to correct the alleged violation, the [ If a ] registrar   fails to timely perform a duty imposed on the registrar under this   code [ subchapter ] requiring :                 (1)   the approval, change, or cancellation of a voter's   registration ;                 (2)     the scheduling of a hearing under Section 16.064   or 16.093;                 (3)     the determination of a challenge under Section   16.066 or 16.095; or                 (4)  the delivery of notice under Section 16.0921 [ , the   secretary of state may withhold funds administered and distributed   by the secretary under Chapter 19 or Section 31.009 from the   registrar ].          (b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the secretary of state   shall distribute funds under Chapter 19 or Section 31.009 if the   registrar performs the registrar's duty not later than 30 days   after the funds are withheld.           (c)     The secretary of state shall prescribe rules for the   administration of this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.               ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 510 passed the Senate on   May 13, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11; and that   the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2025, by the   following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 510 passed the House, with   amendment, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 109,   Nays 33, one present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor