83R18308 ADM-F
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 396
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 396:
By: Morrison C.S.H.B. No. 396
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing a federal postcard applicant with a ballot
for certain elections in which the applicant is eligible to vote.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 101.054, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
read as follows:
(a) A person may apply with a single federal postcard
application for a ballot for any one or more elections in which the
person is eligible to vote as provided by this section [the early
voting clerk to whom the application is submitted conducts early
voting].
(b) An application that does not identify the election for
which a ballot is requested shall be treated as if it requests a
ballot for:
(1) except as provided by Subdivision (3), each
general election in which the clerk conducts early voting; [and]
(2) the general primary election if the application
indicates party preference and is submitted to the early voting
clerk for the primary; and
(3) each general or special election held by a county,
a municipality, or an independent school district within one
calendar year after the date the application is received and in
which the person is eligible to vote.
(b-1) If an application under Subsection (b) indicates the
person is eligible to vote in an election described by Subsection
(b)(3) in which the early voting clerk who received the application
does not conduct early voting, the clerk shall forward a copy of the
application in a form prescribed by the secretary of state to each
early voting clerk who conducts early voting for that election.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.