SRC-BWC H.B. 1639 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 1639
By: Yarbrough (Shapiro)
State Affairs
5/9/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

In an attempt to ensure that applications for early voting are returned to
the appropriate election official, the 76th Legislature passed legislation
to require an application form for early voting to be printed or stamped
with the name of the early voting clerk.  However, it has proved
problematic for the secretary of state to print early voting applications
with the individual name of each election clerk because of the large number
of clerks in the state.  H.B. 1639 removes the requirement that the name of
the election clerk be printed or stamped on an application for early
voting.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 84.001(d), Election Code, to prohibit an
applicant from using an application form that is furnished to the applicant
unless the application form is printed or stamped with the name or office
or official title, rather than the name and official title, of the early
voting clerk as addressee and the clerk's official mailing address. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.