| 1 | 1 | | 85R9900 ADM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Miller H.B. No. 3371 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Sections 86.0015(b) and (b-2), Election Code, |
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| 10 | 10 | | are amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (b) An application described by Subsection (a) is |
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| 12 | 12 | | considered to be an application for a ballot for each election, |
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| 13 | 13 | | including any ensuing runoff: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) in which the applicant is eligible to vote; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) that occurs before the earlier of: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (A) except as provided by Subsection (b-2), |
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| 17 | 17 | | January 1 of the first odd-numbered year after [end of] the calendar |
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| 18 | 18 | | year in which the application was submitted; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (B) the date the county clerk receives notice |
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| 20 | 20 | | from the voter registrar under Subsection (f) that the voter has |
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| 21 | 21 | | changed residence to another county; or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (C) the date the voter's registration is |
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| 23 | 23 | | canceled. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b-2) An application is considered to be submitted in the |
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| 25 | 25 | | following calendar year for purposes of this section if: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) the applicant is eligible to vote in an election |
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| 27 | 27 | | occurring in January or February of the next calendar year; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) the application is submitted in the last 60 days of |
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| 29 | 29 | | an even-numbered [a] calendar year but not earlier than the 60th day |
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| 30 | 30 | | before the date of the January or February election. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 32 | 32 | | to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail received on or |
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| 33 | 33 | | after January 1, 2017. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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