86R13971 ATP-D
By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 2765
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the procedure by which certain voters receive ballots
to be voted by mail for each election held during a certain period.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 86.0015, Election Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 86.0015. [ANNUAL] BALLOTS BY MAIL FOR MULTIPLE
ELECTIONS FOLLOWING SINGLE APPLICATION.
SECTION 2. Section 86.0015, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
follows:
(b) An application described by Subsection (a) is
considered to be an application for a ballot for each election,
including any ensuing runoff:
(1) in which the applicant is eligible to vote; and
(2) that occurs before the earlier of:
(A) [except as provided by Subsection (b-2),] the
end of the next calendar year following the calendar year in which
the application was submitted;
(B) the date the county clerk receives notice
from the voter registrar under Subsection (f) that the voter has
changed residence to another county; or
(C) the date the voter's registration is
canceled.
(g) The county clerk shall provide to a voter who has
applied for and qualifies to receive ballots to be voted by mail
under this section, before the end of the last calendar year for
which the voter will receive ballots under this section, a notice
stating that the voter must make a new application under this
section if the voter wishes to continue to receive ballots to be
voted by mail.
SECTION 3. Section 86.0015(b-2), Election Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act to Section
86.0015, Election Code, applies only to an application for a ballot
to be voted by mail submitted on or after the effective date of this
Act. An application for a ballot to be voted by mail submitted
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect when the application was submitted, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.