By: Miller of Fort Bend, Miles H.B. No. 666
(Senate Sponsor - Huffman)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 22, 2013;
April 24, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 3, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 3, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the elections to which certain applications for a
ballot to be voted by mail are applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 86, Election Code, is amended by adding
Section 86.0015 to read as follows:
Sec. 86.0015. APPLYING FOR MORE THAN ONE ELECTION IN SAME
APPLICATION. (a) This section applies only to an application for a
ballot to be voted by mail that:
(1) is submitted to the county clerk indicating the
ground of eligibility is age or disability; and
(2) does not specify the election for which a ballot is
requested.
(b) An application described by Subsection (a) is
considered to be an application for a ballot for each election in
which the county clerk serves as early voting clerk and:
(1) in which the applicant is eligible to vote; and
(2) that occurs before the earlier of:
(A) the end of the calendar year in which the
application was submitted; or
(B) the date the county clerk receives notice
from the voter registrar under Subsection (d) that the voter has
submitted a change in registration information.
(c) An application described by Subsection (a) shall be
preserved for the period for preserving the precinct election
records for the last election for which the application is
effective.
(d) The voter registrar shall notify the county clerk
following the receipt of a notice of a change in registration
information under Section 15.021.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail received on or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.
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