By Madden H.B. No. 2384
76R7581 DRH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the eligibility of certain persons to vote in an
1-3 election for a federal office.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 114.002, Election Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 114.002. ELIGIBILITY. A United States citizen dwelling
1-8 outside the United States is eligible to vote a federal ballot by
1-9 mail if:
1-10 (1) the citizen's:
1-11 (A) most recent domicile in the United States
1-12 was in this state and the citizen's intent to return to this state
1-13 is uncertain; or
1-14 (B) parent is a registered voter in this state;
1-15 (2) the citizen would be eligible for registration as
1-16 a voter in this state if a resident; and
1-17 (3) the citizen is not eligible to vote on federal
1-18 offices in any other state.
1-19 SECTION 2. Section 114.003, Election Code, is amended to
1-20 read as follows:
1-21 Sec. 114.003. OFFICES ON WHICH VOTER ENTITLED TO VOTE. A
1-22 person voting a federal ballot is entitled to vote only on each
1-23 federal office to be voted on in the election precinct:
1-24 (1) of the person's most recent domicile in this
2-1 state, if the person is eligible under Section 114.002(1)(A); or
2-2 (2) in which the person's parent is registered to
2-3 vote, if the person is eligible under Section 114.002(1)(B).
2-4 SECTION 3. Section 114.004(b), Election Code, is amended to
2-5 read as follows:
2-6 (b) The application must be submitted to the early voting
2-7 clerk serving the applicable election precinct described by Section
2-8 114.003 [of the applicant's most recent domicile in this state].
2-9 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-10 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-11 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-13 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-14 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.