83R1358 ADM-F
 
  By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 396
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to providing a federal postcard applicant with a ballot
  for any election in which the applicant is eligible to vote.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 101.054, Election Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A person may apply with a single federal postcard
  application for a ballot for any one or more elections in which the
  person is eligible to vote [the early voting clerk to whom the
  application is submitted conducts early voting].
         (b)  An application that does not identify the election for
  which a ballot is requested shall be treated as if it requests a
  ballot for:
               (1)  each general or special election held within one
  year after the date the application is received in which the person
  is eligible to vote [in which the clerk conducts early voting]; and
               (2)  the general primary election if the application
  indicates party preference and is received within one year before
  the date of the general primary election [submitted to the early
  voting clerk for the primary].
         (b-1)  If an application under Subsection (b) indicates the
  person is eligible to vote in an election in which the early voting
  clerk who received the application does not conduct early voting,
  the clerk shall forward a copy of the application in a form
  prescribed by the secretary of state to each early voting clerk who
  conducts early voting for an election in which the person is
  eligible to vote.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.