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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to renewing the application to receive ballots to be voted |
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by mail for certain elections held during a calendar year. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 86.0015, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) The county clerk shall provide to a voter who has |
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applied for and qualifies to receive ballots to be voted by mail |
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under this section, with the ballot for an election held on the |
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November uniform election date, an application for a ballot to be |
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voted by mail for the next calendar year and instructions for |
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submitting the application under this subsection. The application: |
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(1) may be returned with the voter's ballot in the |
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carrier envelope; |
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(2) applies to the calendar year following the |
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November election, notwithstanding Subsection (b)(2)(A); and |
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(3) must be signed by the applicant, or by a witness as |
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provided by Section 84.003. |
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SECTION 2. Section 87.044, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The early voting ballot board shall deliver to the early |
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voting clerk any early voting applications included as provided by |
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Section 86.0015(e) in a carrier envelope with a ballot voted in an |
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election held on the November uniform election date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |