| 1 | 1 | | 87R10522 SLB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Beckley H.B. No. 2575 |
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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 the procedure by which certain voters receive ballots |
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| 8 | 8 | | to be voted by mail for each election held during a certain period. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 86.0015, Election Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 86.0015. [ANNUAL] BALLOTS BY MAIL FOR MULTIPLE |
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| 13 | 13 | | ELECTIONS FOLLOWING SINGLE APPLICATION. |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 2. Section 86.0015, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 15 | 15 | | amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (g) to read as |
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| 16 | 16 | | follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) An application described by Subsection (a) is |
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| 18 | 18 | | considered to be an application for a ballot for each election, |
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| 19 | 19 | | including any ensuing runoff: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) in which the applicant is eligible to vote; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) that occurs before the earlier of: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (A) [except as provided by Subsection (b-2),] the |
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| 23 | 23 | | end of the next calendar year following the calendar year in which |
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| 24 | 24 | | the application was submitted; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (B) the date the county clerk receives notice |
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| 26 | 26 | | from the voter registrar under Subsection (f) that the voter has |
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| 27 | 27 | | changed residence to another county; or |
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| 28 | 28 | | (C) the date the voter's registration is |
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| 29 | 29 | | canceled. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (g) The county clerk shall provide to a voter who has |
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| 31 | 31 | | applied for and qualifies to receive ballots to be voted by mail |
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| 32 | 32 | | under this section, before the end of the last calendar year for |
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| 33 | 33 | | which the voter will receive ballots under this section, a notice |
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| 34 | 34 | | stating that the voter must make a new application under this |
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| 35 | 35 | | section if the voter wishes to continue to receive ballots to be |
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| 36 | 36 | | voted by mail. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. Section 86.0015(b-2), Election Code, is |
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| 38 | 38 | | repealed. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 40 | 40 | | 86.0015, Election Code, applies only to an application for a ballot |
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| 41 | 41 | | to be voted by mail submitted on or after the effective date of this |
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| 42 | 42 | | Act. An application for a ballot to be voted by mail submitted |
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| 43 | 43 | | before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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| 44 | 44 | | effect when the application was submitted, and the former law is |
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| 45 | 45 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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