By: Shapiro S.B. No. 997
(Branch)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the public inspection of an application for a ballot to
be voted early by mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 86.014, Election Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(a) A copy of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail
is not available for public inspection, except to the voter seeking
to verify that the information pertaining to the voter is accurate,
until the first business day after [may be obtained from the early
voting clerk:
[(1) 72 hours after the time a ballot is mailed to the
voter; or
[(2) 48 hours after the time a ballot is mailed to the
voter if the mailing occurs on the fourth day before] election day.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.