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| 1 | 1 | By: Crockett H.B. No. 198 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to depository boxes for ballots to be voted by mail. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Section 86.006, Election Code, is amended by | |
| 9 | 9 | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as | |
| 10 | 10 | follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (a) A marked ballot voted under this chapter must be | |
| 12 | 12 | returned to the early voting clerk in the official carrier | |
| 13 | 13 | envelope. The carrier envelope may be delivered in another | |
| 14 | 14 | envelope and must be transported and delivered only by: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) mail; | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) common or contract carrier; [or] | |
| 17 | 17 | (3) subject to Subsection (a-1), in-person delivery by | |
| 18 | 18 | the voter who voted the ballot; or | |
| 19 | 19 | (4) subject to Subsection (a-2), delivery to an | |
| 20 | 20 | authorized depository box. | |
| 21 | 21 | (a-2) The voter may deliver a sealed carrier envelope | |
| 22 | 22 | containing a marked ballot to any depository box authorized by the | |
| 23 | 23 | early voting clerk. The early voting clerk may authorize any number | |
| 24 | 24 | of suitable locations for placement of a depository box. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |