79R7532 DRH-D

By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 1051



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to authorizing a county clerk to mail an application to 
vote by mail to certain voters.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Election Code, is 
amended by adding Section 84.014 to read as follows:
	Sec. 84.014.  APPLICATION SENT TO CERTAIN VOTERS BY COUNTY 
CLERK.  (a)  In a year in which a general election for state and 
county officers is held, the commissioners court may authorize the 
county clerk to send by mail an application to vote by mail to:
		(1)  each person in the county eligible to vote by mail 
under Section 82.003 other than a person whose name appears on the 
suspense list; or
		(2)  each person who has previously voted by mail in 
that voting year and was eligible under Section 82.001 or 82.002.
	(b)  A voter who completes an application sent under 
Subsection (a)(1) and requests a ballot for a party primary 
election is also considered to have requested a ballot for any 
resulting runoff election and the general election for state and 
county officers held in the same year.
	(c)  A voter who completes an application sent under 
Subsection (a)(1) and requests a ballot for a runoff primary 
election is also considered to have requested a ballot for the 
general election for state and county officers held in the same 
year.
	(d)  The secretary of state shall prescribe the form of an 
application sent under this section and adopt any other procedures 
necessary to implement this section.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.