84R8191 ATP-F
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 1540
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to renewing the application to receive ballots to be voted
by mail for certain elections held during a calendar year.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 86.0015, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The county clerk shall provide to a voter who has
applied for and qualifies to receive ballots to be voted by mail
under this section, with the ballot for an election held on the
November uniform election date, an application for a ballot to be
voted by mail for the next calendar year and instructions for
submitting the application under this subsection. The application:
(1) may be returned with the voter's ballot in the
carrier envelope;
(2) applies to the calendar year following the
November election, notwithstanding Subsection (b)(2)(A); and
(3) must be signed by the applicant, or by a witness as
provided by Section 84.003.
SECTION 2. Section 87.044, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The early voting ballot board shall deliver to the early
voting clerk any early voting applications included as provided by
Section 86.0015(e) in a carrier envelope with a ballot voted in an
election held on the November uniform election date.
SECTION 3. 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, 2015.