Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R9111 SRS-D
2	2	By: Dean H.B. No. 1819
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to including the qualifications for voting early by mail
8	8	on the ground of disability on certain early voting by mail
9	9	materials.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 52.005, Election Code, is amended to
12	12	read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 52.005. BALLOT CONTENT DETERMINED ACCORDING TO
14	14	PRECINCT. Except as provided by Section 52.009, the [The] ballot
15	15	for an election precinct may contain only those offices and
16	16	propositions stating measures on which the qualified voters of the
17	17	precinct are entitled to vote.
18	18	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 52, Election Code, is
19	19	amended by adding Section 52.009 to read as follows:
20	20	Sec. 52.009. BALLOT FOR VOTING BY MAIL. A ballot to be
21	21	voted by mail under Chapter 86 must include a statement describing
22	22	the specific circumstances under which a voter may vote early by
23	23	mail on the ground of disability as provided by Section 82.002.
24	24	SECTION 3. Section 84.011(a), Election Code, is amended to
25	25	read as follows:
26	26	(a) The officially prescribed application form for an early
27	27	voting ballot must include:
28	28	(1) immediately preceding the signature space the
29	29	statement: "I certify that the information given in this
30	30	application is true, and I understand that giving false information
31	31	in this application is a crime.";
32	32	(2) a statement informing the applicant of the
33	33	offenses prescribed by Sections 84.003 and 84.004;
34	34	(3) spaces for entering an applicant's voter
35	35	registration number and county election precinct of registration,
36	36	with a statement informing the applicant that failure to furnish
37	37	that information does not invalidate the application; and
38	38	(4) on an application for a ballot to be voted by mail:
39	39	(A) a space for an applicant applying on the
40	40	ground of absence from the county of residence to indicate the date
41	41	on or after which the applicant can receive mail at the address
42	42	outside the county;
43	43	(B) a space for indicating the fact that an
44	44	applicant whose application is signed by a witness cannot make the
45	45	applicant's mark and a space for indicating the relationship or
46	46	lack of relationship of the witness to the applicant;
47	47	(C) a space for entering an applicant's telephone
48	48	number, with a statement informing the applicant that failure to
49	49	furnish that information does not invalidate the application;
50	50	(D) a space or box for an applicant applying on
51	51	the ground of age or disability to indicate that the address to
52	52	which the ballot is to be mailed is the address of a facility or
53	53	relative described by Section 84.002(a)(3), if applicable;
54	54	(E) a space or box for an applicant applying on
55	55	the ground of confinement in jail to indicate that the address to
56	56	which the ballot is to be mailed is the address of a relative
57	57	described by Section 84.002(a)(4), if applicable;
58	58	(F) a space for an applicant applying on the
59	59	ground of age or disability to indicate if the application is an
60	60	application under Section 86.0015;
61	61	(G) spaces for entering the signature, printed
62	62	name, and residence address of any person assisting the applicant;
63	63	(H) a statement informing the applicant of the
64	64	condition prescribed by Section 81.005; [and]
65	65	(I) a statement informing the applicant of the
66	66	requirement prescribed by Section 86.003(c); and
67	67	(J) a statement describing the specific
68	68	circumstances under which a voter may vote early by mail on the
69	69	ground of disability as provided by Section 82.002.
70	70	SECTION 4. Section 86.013(d), Election Code, is amended to
71	71	read as follows:
72	72	(d) The following textual material, as prescribed by the
73	73	secretary of state, must be printed on the reverse side of the
74	74	official carrier envelope or on a separate sheet accompanying the
75	75	carrier envelope when it is provided:
76	76	(1) the prohibition prescribed by Section 86.006(b);
77	77	(2) the conditions for delivery by common or contract
78	78	carrier prescribed by Sections 81.005 and 86.006;
79	79	(3) the requirements for the legal execution and
80	80	delivery of the carrier envelope, including the prohibition on
81	81	compensation for depositing carrier envelopes containing ballots
82	82	voted by other persons under Section 86.0052;
83	83	(4) the prohibition prescribed by Section 86.006(e);
84	84	[and]
85	85	(5) the offenses prescribed by Sections 86.006(f) and
86	86	86.010(f); and
87	87	(6) a statement describing the specific circumstances
88	88	under which a voter may vote early by mail on the ground of
89	89	disability as provided by Section 82.002.
90	90	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.