84R3342 JRJ-D
By: White of Tyler H.B. No. 1646
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a program allowing certain military voters on active
duty overseas to cast a ballot electronically.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 105.004(b), (c), (d), and (e), Election
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) The secretary of state shall select to participate in
the program a number of counties as determined by the secretary of
state [one county] that:
(1) desire [desires] to participate in the program;
and
(2) are [is] determined by the secretary of state to
have the appropriate technological capabilities.
(c) The secretary of state shall operate the program
established under Subsection (a) as a pilot program until September
1, 2017 [2015].
(d) Not later than January 1, 2017 [2015], the secretary of
state shall file a report with the legislature. The report may
include the secretary of state's recommendations on the future use
of e-mail ballot submission by members of the armed forces of the
United States and suggestions for permanent statutory authority
regarding e-mail ballot submission by members of the armed forces
of the United States.
(e) This section expires September 1, 2017 [2015].
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, 2015.