87S10376 SLB-F
By: Campbell S.B. No. 25
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to procedures for early voting by mail or voting by mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 81, Election Code, is amended by adding
Section 81.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 81.006. MODIFICATION OF EARLY VOTING BY MAIL OR VOTING
BY MAIL QUALIFICATIONS AND PROCEDURES. Except as specifically
permitted by statute, the qualifications and procedures for early
voting by mail or voting by mail may not be amended or suspended for
any reason.
SECTION 2. Section 418.016, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and except as provided
by this subsection, the governor may not suspend a provision of a
statute, order, or rule under this section if the provision, order,
or rule is related to the qualifications or procedures for early
voting by mail or voting by mail. On declaration of a state of
disaster, the governor may suspend Section 86.006(a-1), Election
Code, only for the purpose of allowing a voter registered to vote at
an address located in a disaster area to deliver a marked ballot to
the early voting clerk's office on or before election day.
SECTION 3. Section 418.108, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) The presiding officer of the governing body of a
political subdivision may not suspend a provision of a statute,
order, or rule under this section if the provision, order, or rule
is related to the qualifications or procedures for early voting by
mail or voting by mail.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.