76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 387
 
                         House Bill 3062
 
Sponsored by Representatives CANNON, J SMITH
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Provides for automatic voter registration of person who applies
for issuance or renewal of driver license, state identification
card or change of address, unless person declines to register to
vote.
  Becomes operative on January 1, 2012.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to voter registration; creating new provisions; amending
  ORS 247.017; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 247.017 is amended to read:
  247.017. (1) The Department of Transportation shall make a
voter registration card available to any person at any office of
the department where licenses or renewal applications are
distributed or received.
  (2) When a person who is at least 17 years of age applies for
issuance or renewal of an Oregon driver license, as defined in
ORS 801.245, or issuance of a state identification card under ORS
807.400 or submits a change of address application form at a
department office where driver license issuance or renewal
applications, state identification card applications or change of
address applications are distributed or received, department
personnel shall inform the person that   { - the person may
register to vote at the department office. Department personnel
shall ask the applicant whether the applicant is registered to
vote at the applicant's current address and if not, whether the
applicant would like to register to vote at the department
office. - }  { +  the application form described in subsection
(5) of this section is considered a voter registration card
unless the person indicates in the space provided that the person
declines to use the form as an application for voter
registration.
  (3) If a person who is at least 17 years of age provides the
information required by ORS 247.171 on an application form
described in subsection (5) of this section and does not decline
to use the voter registration portion of the form as an
application for voter registration, the voter registration
portion of the form shall be considered a completed voter
registration card. + }
 
    { - (3) - }   { + (4) + } Each office shall deliver in a
timely manner the completed voter registration cards to the
county clerk or elections officer of the county in which the
office is located.  The county clerk or elections officer of the
county where the office is located shall forward the registration
card to the county clerk or elections officer of the county in
which the applicant resides. The county clerk or elections
officer may reject any registration card in accordance with ORS
247.174. The Secretary of State shall determine by rule the time
and manner the completed registration cards are to be delivered
to the appropriate county clerk or elections officer.
    { - (4) - }  { +  (5) + } The department shall develop a
driver license issuance or renewal and voter registration
application   { - procedure - }  { +  form, + }   { - and - }  a
state identification card issuance and voter registration
application   { - procedure - }  { +  form + } and a change of
address and voter registration application   { - procedure - }
 { +  form + } that   { - allows - }  { +  allow + } an applicant
for a license, renewal, state identification card or change of
address to register to vote by providing the information required
by ORS 247.171 and the information required for the issuance or
renewal of a license or for issuance of a state identification
card. { +  A form developed under this subsection must also
contain a space for a person to decline to use the voter
registration portion of the form as an application for voter
registration. + } The Secretary of State shall approve the voter
registration portion of each   { - application procedure and
change of address procedure - }  { +  form + }.
    { - (5) - }  { +  (6) + } The voter registration portion of
an application  { +  form + } described in subsection
 { - (4) - }  { +  (5) + } of this section shall comply with
provisions of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (P.L.
103-31).
    { - (6) - }  { +  (7) + } The Secretary of State shall adopt
rules establishing procedures for meeting the requirements of
subsection
  { - (3) - }   { + (4) + } of this section.
    { - (7) - }  { +  (8) + } Information relating to the failure
of   { - an applicant - }  { +  a person + } under this section
to sign the voter registration portion of an application { +
form + } for issuance or renewal of a driver license, issuance of
a state identification card or   { - for - }  a change of address
may not be used for other than voter registration purposes.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 247.017 by section 1 of
this 2011 Act become operative on January 1, 2012. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + The Department of Transportation or Secretary
of State may take any action before January 1, 2012, that is
necessary to enable the department or secretary to exercise, on
and after January 1, 2012, all the duties, functions and powers
conferred upon the department or secretary by the amendments to
ORS 247.017 by section 1 of this 2011 Act. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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