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By Madden H.B. No. 1432
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1432:
By Madden C.S.H.B. No. 1432
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain early voting by mail procedures.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 86.006(d), Election Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 (d) Each carrier envelope that is delivered by a common or
1-7 contract carrier must be accompanied by an individual delivery
1-8 receipt for that particular carrier envelope that is signed and
1-9 dated by the voter and that indicates the date, hour, and address
1-10 at which the carrier envelope was received by the carrier [unless
1-11 the carrier does not routinely issue a receipt, in which case the
1-12 secretary of state shall prescribe appropriate procedures for
1-13 accounting for the delivery]. A delivery of carrier envelopes is
1-14 prohibited by a common or contract carrier if the delivery
1-15 originates from the address of:
1-16 (1) the headquarters of a political party or a
1-17 candidate in the election;
1-18 (2) a candidate in the election unless the address is
1-19 the residence of the early voter;
1-20 (3) a specific-purpose or general-purpose political
1-21 committee involved in the election; [or]
1-22 (4) an entity that requested that the election be
1-23 held, unless the delivery is a forwarding to the early voting
1-24 clerk; or
2-1 (5) a political committee, including an out-of-state
2-2 political committee, or agent employed by or working for or on
2-3 behalf of a political party, candidate, or representative of a
2-4 candidate.
2-5 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.