84R484 ATP-D
By: Miller of Fort Bend H.B. No. 2028
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of canceling an application for a
ballot to be voted by mail to subsequent elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 84, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 84.038 to read as follows:
Sec. 84.038. CANCELLATION EFFECTIVE FOR SINGLE ELECTION.
The cancellation of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail
under Section 84.032(c), (d), or (e) is effective for a single
ballot only and does not cancel the application with respect to a
subsequent election, including a subsequent election to which the
same application applies under Section 84.001(e) or 86.0015(b).
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.