82R8972 JRH-D
By: Farias H.B. No. 1584
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an electronic means for voters to determine the status
of ballots submitted by mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 86.011, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) This subsection applies only to an election held in a
county with a population of 20,000 or more in which a federal office
appears on the ballot. The early voting clerk shall make the unique
identification number described by Section 86.013(h) available on
the county's website and indicate whether the return of the
official carrier envelope associated with the number is timely.
SECTION 2. Section 86.013, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) This subsection applies only to an election held in a
county with a population of 20,000 or more in which a federal office
appears on the ballot. The secretary of state by rule shall require
that a detachable receipt be attached to the official carrier
envelope and a unique identification number be printed on the
receipt and the reverse side of the envelope.
SECTION 3. Sections 86.011(e) and 86.013(h), Election Code,
as added by this Act, apply only to an election ordered on or after
September 1, 2011.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.