By Hirschi H.B. No. 2171
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain election processes and procedures.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 14.022, Election Code, is amended to read
1-5 as follows:
1-6 Section 14.022. DISPOSITION OF RETURNED CERTIFICATE. On the
1-7 return of an undelivered renewal certificate to the registrar, the
1-8 registrar shall file the certificate with the voter's registration
1-9 application, <and> enter the appropriate information on the list of
1-10 returned certificates, and as expeditiously as possible, but no
1-11 later than ninety days prior to the date specified in Section
1-12 16.032 of this Code, the registrar shall mail to the voter's old
1-13 address with a notation to "Please Forward" or to the voter's new
1-14 address, if known, information that the voter's registration will
1-15 be canceled on the date specified in Section 16.032, unless the
1-16 voter applies for a new voting certificate.
1-17 SECTION 2. Section 84.032, Subsection (c), Election Code, is
1-18 amended to read as follows:
1-19 (c) An applicant may submit a request after the close of
1-20 early voting by personal appearance by appearing in person and:
1-21 (1) returning the ballot to be voted by mail to the
1-22 early voting clerk or the voter's precinct on election day; or
1-23 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-1 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.