78R6827 JRJ-D

By:  Bohac                                                        H.B. No. 2064



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the procedure for returning an application for an early 
voting ballot.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 84.001, Election Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as 
follows:
	(d)  An [applicant may not use an] application must be 
submitted by mail to the early voting clerk for the election who 
serves the election precinct of the applicant's residence [form 
that is furnished to the applicant unless the application form is 
printed or stamped with the name or office or official title of the 
early voting clerk as addressee and the clerk's official mailing 
address].
	(d-1) A timely application that is addressed to the wrong 
early voting clerk shall be forwarded to the proper early voting 
clerk not later than the day after the date it is received by the 
wrong clerk.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                      
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act to Section 84.001(d), 
Election Code, applies only to an application to vote an early 
voting ballot by mail for an election that is ordered on or after 
the effective date of this Act.