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        March 4, 2014

Madam Speaker:

    The Government Operations Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 156, ELECTION DAY VOTER REGISTRATION PILOT PROJECT, by Representative R. Chavez-Houck, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 23, Lines 681 through 689 :    

             681          (3) A municipality may participate in the pilot project for a municipal election, if

{   :

             682          (a) a county clerk conducts the election under contract with the municipality; and
             683          (b)   } the municipal clerk
{   and the county clerk described in Subsection (3)(a) submit   }        submits       to

             684      the lieutenant governor a written application to participate in the pilot project that contains:
             685          
{   (i)   }        (a)       the name of the municipality;

             686          
{   (ii)   }        (b)       a request that the municipality be permitted to participate in the pilot project;

             687          
{   (iii)   }        (c)       an estimate of the extent to which election day voter registration may increase

             688      voter participation; and
             689          
{   (iv)   }        (d)       any other reasons that the municipality desires to participate in the project.


    Respectfully,

    Jack R. Draxler
    Committee Chair

Voting: 7-0-2
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