Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2382 Compare Versions

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1	1	84R485 ADM-D
2	2	By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2382
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to in-person delivery of an application to vote an early
8	8	voting ballot by mail.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 84.001, Election Code, is amended by
11	11	amending Subsections (d) and (d-1) to read as follows:
12	12	(d) An application must be submitted by mail or in person to
13	13	the early voting clerk for the election who serves the election
14	14	precinct of the applicant's residence.
15	15	(d-1) A timely application that is addressed or delivered to
16	16	the wrong early voting clerk shall be forwarded to the proper early
17	17	voting clerk not later than the day after the date it is received by
18	18	the wrong clerk.
19	19	SECTION 2. Section 101.052, Election Code, is amended by
20	20	amending Subsections (a-1), (d), and (i) and adding Subsection (n)
21	21	to read as follows:
22	22	(a-1) A federal postcard application must be submitted
23	23	[by]:
24	24	(1) by mail; [or]
25	25	(2) by electronic transmission of an image of the
26	26	application under procedures prescribed by the secretary of state;
27	27	or
28	28	(3) in person to the early voting clerk for the
29	29	election who serves the election precinct of the applicant's
30	30	residence.
31	31	(d) A timely application that is addressed or delivered to
32	32	the wrong early voting clerk shall be forwarded to the proper early
33	33	voting clerk not later than the day after the date it is received by
34	34	the wrong clerk.
35	35	(i) Except as provided by Subsections (l), [and] (m), and
36	36	(n), for purposes of determining the date a federal postcard
37	37	application is submitted to the early voting clerk, an application
38	38	is considered to be submitted on the date it is placed and properly
39	39	addressed in the United States mail. An application mailed from an
40	40	Army/Air Force Post Office (APO) or Fleet Post Office (FPO) is
41	41	considered placed in the United States mail. The date indicated by
42	42	the post office cancellation mark, including a United States
43	43	military post office cancellation mark, is considered to be the
44	44	date the application was placed in the mail unless proven
45	45	otherwise. For purposes of an application made under Subsection
46	46	(e):
47	47	(1) an application that does not contain a
48	48	cancellation mark is considered to be timely if it is received by
49	49	the early voting clerk on or before the 15th day before election
50	50	day; and
51	51	(2) if the 20th day before the date of an election is a
52	52	Saturday, Sunday, or legal state or national holiday, an
53	53	application is considered to be timely if it is submitted to the
54	54	early voting clerk on or before the next regular business day.
55	55	(n) An application delivered under Subsection (a-1)(3) is
56	56	considered to be submitted at the time it is received by the early
57	57	voting clerk who receives the initial in-person delivery,
58	58	regardless of whether the clerk was required to forward the
59	59	application under Subsection (d).
60	60	SECTION 3. Section 84.008, Election Code, is repealed.
61	61	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.