Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2984 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R12831 GRM-F
2	2	By: Klick H.B. No. 2984
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to voting a limited ballot.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Sections 112.002(a) and (d), Election Code, are
10	10	amended to read as follows:
11	11	(a) After changing residence to another county, a person is
12	12	eligible to vote a limited ballot on election day, by personal
13	13	appearance during the early voting period, or by mail if:
14	14	(1) the person would have been eligible to vote in the
15	15	county of former residence on election day if still residing in that
16	16	county;
17	17	(2) the person is registered to vote in the county of
18	18	former residence at the time the person:
19	19	(A) offers to vote in the county of new
20	20	residence; or
21	21	(B) submitted a voter registration application
22	22	in the county of new residence; and
23	23	(3) a voter registration for the person in the county
24	24	of new residence is not effective on or before election day.
25	25	(d) A statement executed under Subsection (c) shall be
26	26	submitted:
27	27	(1) to an election officer at the [main early voting]
28	28	polling place[, if the person is voting by personal appearance]; or
29	29	(2) with the person's application for a ballot to be
30	30	voted by mail, if the person is voting by mail.
31	31	SECTION 2. Section 112.004, Election Code, is amended to
32	32	read as follows:
33	33	Sec. 112.004. OFFICES AND MEASURES ON WHICH VOTER ENTITLED
34	34	TO VOTE. A person voting a limited ballot is entitled to vote only
35	35	on[:
36	36	[(1)] each office and proposition stating a measure to
37	37	be voted on statewide[; and
38	38	[(2) each office and proposition stating a measure to
39	39	be voted on in a territorial unit of which the person was a resident
40	40	both before changing county of residence and after the change].
41	41	SECTION 3. Section 112.006, Election Code, is amended to
42	42	read as follows:
43	43	Sec. 112.006. PLACE FOR VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE. A
44	44	person may vote a limited ballot by personal appearance:
45	45	(1) at any early voting polling place; or
46	46	(2) at the discretion of the county clerk, on election
47	47	day at:
48	48	(A) a countywide polling place or the polling
49	49	place located in the precinct of the new residence of the voter; or
50	50	(B) the clerk's office or the location that
51	51	served as [only at] the main early voting polling place.
52	52	SECTION 4. Section 112.009, Election Code, is amended to
53	53	read as follows:
54	54	Sec. 112.009. PREPARING VOTING MACHINE. Before permitting
55	55	a person to vote a limited ballot on a voting machine, the county
56	56	[early voting] clerk shall adjust the machine so that votes may be
57	57	cast only on each office and proposition stating a measure to be
58	58	voted on statewide [the offices and propositions stating measures
59	59	on which the voter is entitled to vote].
60	60	SECTION 5. Section 112.010(a), Election Code, is amended to
61	61	read as follows:
62	62	(a) If [early] voting [by personal appearance] is conducted
63	63	by voting machine, the county [early voting] clerk may conduct [the
64	64	personal appearance] voting of limited ballots by using official
65	65	ballots for early voting by mail.
66	66	SECTION 6. Section 112.011, Election Code, is amended to
67	67	read as follows:
68	68	Sec. 112.011. INFORMATION FOR LIMITED BALLOT [ON DISTRICT
69	69	COMPOSITION]. [(a)] In each even-numbered year, the secretary of
70	70	state shall prepare information on each office and proposition
71	71	stating a measure to be voted on statewide [the territorial
72	72	composition of each district for which an officer of the state
73	73	government is regularly elected at the general election for state
74	74	and county officers].
75	75	[(b) The information must include the data necessary to
76	76	enable an early voting clerk to determine the district offices on
77	77	which a voter under this chapter is eligible to vote.
78	78	[(c)] The secretary shall deliver the information to each
79	79	county clerk at a date early enough to prepare ballots or program
80	80	voting machines [before the 20th day before general primary
81	81	election day].
82	82	SECTION 7. Section 112.012, Election Code, is amended to
83	83	read as follows:
84	84	Sec. 112.012. NOTIFICATION TO VOTER REGISTRAR. Not later
85	85	than the 30th day after receipt of an application for a limited
86	86	ballot, the county [early voting] clerk shall notify the voter
87	87	registrar for the voter's former county of residence that the voter
88	88	has applied for a limited ballot.
89	89	SECTION 8. Section 112.008, Election Code, is repealed.
90	90	SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.