By Yost H.B. No. 156
74R443 DRH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain early voting procedures.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 85.005, Election Code, is amended by
1-5 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-6 (d) Subsection (c) does not apply to a county with a
1-7 population of 100,000 or more but less than 200,000 if the
1-8 commissioners court by order recorded in its minutes determines
1-9 that extended hours for early voting are unnecessary.
1-10 SECTION 2. Section 85.006, Election Code, is amended by
1-11 adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
1-12 (f) Subsection (e) does not apply to a county with a
1-13 population of 100,000 or more but less than 200,000 if the
1-14 commissioners court by order recorded in its minutes determines
1-15 that extended hours for early voting are unnecessary.
1-16 SECTION 3. Section 86.013(e), Election Code, is amended to
1-17 read as follows:
1-18 (e) The following notice must be printed on the reverse side
1-19 of the official carrier envelope, near the space provided for the
1-20 voter's signature: "This envelope must be sealed by the voter
1-21 before it leaves the voter's hands. Do not sign this envelope if
1-22 you have not marked the ballot inside."
1-23 SECTION 4. Section 87.121(f), Election Code, is amended to
1-24 read as follows:
2-1 (f) Information on the roster for a person to whom an early
2-2 voting mail ballot has been sent is not available for public
2-3 inspection, except to the voter seeking to verify that the
2-4 information pertaining to him is accurate, until 72 <24> hours
2-5 after the time a ballot was mailed to the voter.
2-6 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
2-7 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
2-8 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.