S.B. No. 1034
AN ACT
relating to voting by mail, including the cancellation of an
application for a ballot to be voted by mail.
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 FOR
CERTAIN VOTERS. The cancellation of an application for a ballot to
be voted by mail under Section 84.032(c), (d), or (e) does not
cancel the application with respect to a subsequent election to
which the same application applies under Section 86.0015(b).
SECTION 2. Section 86.0015, Subsection (b), Election Code,
is amended by adding a new Section (3) to read as follows:
(3) A person eligible to submit an application under
this section may apply to receive all ballots in an even numbered
year on the same application submitted for a ballot in the November
general election of an odd year.
SECTION 3. Section 86.013(d), Election Code, is amended by
adding a new Subsection (6) to read as follows:
(6) The secretary of state by rule may redesign the
official carrier envelope by moving all the requirements of (1)
through (5) to a separate sheet and styling the signature box to
insure that a voter is instructed to and must sign over the flap.
SECTION 4. 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1034 passed the Senate on
May 8, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2015, by the
following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1034 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143,
Nays 1, zero present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor