87R5448 MLH-D
By: Crockett H.B. No. 1385
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to depository boxes for ballots to be voted by mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 86.006, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as
follows:
(a) A marked ballot voted under this chapter must be
returned to the early voting clerk in the official carrier
envelope. The carrier envelope may be delivered in another
envelope and must be transported and delivered only by:
(1) mail;
(2) common or contract carrier; [or]
(3) subject to Subsection (a-1), in-person delivery by
the voter who voted the ballot; or
(4) subject to Subsection (a-2), delivery to an
authorized depository box.
(a-2) The voter may deliver a sealed carrier envelope
containing a marked ballot to any depository box authorized by the
early voting clerk. The early voting clerk may authorize any number
of suitable locations for placement of a depository box.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.