84R487 ADM-D
By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2383
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a permanent request for an early voting ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 86.0015(a) and (b), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(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, or absence from
county of residence [; 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 the date:
(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; or
(B) the voter is no longer eligible for early
voting by mail under Section 82.001, if the voter became eligible
under that section.
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, 2016.