84R510 ADM-D
By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2384
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the period in which a person may submit an application
to vote an early ballot by mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 84.007(c), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) An application may [must] be submitted at any time in
the year preceding the date of the election for which a ballot is
requested, but not later than [on or after the 60th day before
election day and before] the close of regular business in the early
voting clerk's office or 12 noon, whichever is later, on the ninth
day before election day unless that day is a Saturday, Sunday, or
legal state or national holiday, in which case the last day is the
first preceding regular business day.
SECTION 2. Section 84.009, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 84.009. SUBMITTING APPLICATION FOR BALLOT VOTED BY
MAIL: CONFINEMENT IN JAIL. [(a)] On request of the applicant, an
application for a ballot to be voted by mail on the ground of
confinement in jail may be submitted to the early voting clerk, at
the discretion of the authority in charge of the jail, by personal
delivery by the jail authority or by a designated subordinate of the
authority.
[(b) An application submitted under this section may not be
submitted before the 20th day before election day.]
SECTION 3. Section 101.052(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) A federal postcard application may be submitted at any
time during the [calendar] year preceding the date of [in which] the
election for which a ballot is requested [occurs], but not later
than the deadline for submitting a regular application for a ballot
to be voted by mail.
SECTION 4. Section 101.052(c), Election Code, is repealed.
SECTION 5. 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.