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AN ACT
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relating to providing a federal postcard applicant with a ballot |
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for certain elections in which the applicant is eligible to vote. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 101.054, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A person may apply with a single federal postcard |
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application for a ballot for any one or more elections in which the |
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person is eligible to vote as provided by this section [the early
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voting clerk to whom the application is submitted conducts early
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voting]. |
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(b) An application that does not identify the election for |
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which a ballot is requested shall be treated as if it requests a |
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ballot for: |
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(1) except as provided by Subdivision (3), each |
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general election in which the clerk conducts early voting; [and] |
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(2) the general primary election if the application |
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indicates party preference and is submitted to the early voting |
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clerk for the primary; and |
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(3) each general or special election held by a county, |
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a municipality, or an independent school district in the calendar |
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year in which the application is received and in which the person is |
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eligible to vote. |
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(b-1) If an application under Subsection (b) indicates the |
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person is eligible to vote in an election described by Subsection |
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(b)(3) in which the early voting clerk who received the application |
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does not conduct early voting, the clerk shall forward a copy of the |
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application in a form prescribed by the secretary of state to each |
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early voting clerk who conducts early voting for that election. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 396 was passed by the House on May 2, |
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2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 4, 2 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 396 on May 20, 2013, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 396 on May 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 139, |
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Nays 4, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 396 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 16, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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396 on May 26, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |