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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 86.0015(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) An application described by Subsection (a) is |
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considered to be an application for a ballot for each election, |
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including any ensuing runoff, in which the county clerk serves as |
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early voting clerk and: |
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(1) in which the applicant is eligible to vote; and |
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(2) that occurs before the earlier of:
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(A)
the end of the calendar year in which the
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application was submitted |
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after the first day of an odd-numbered |
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year and before December 31st of the subsequent even-numbered |
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calendar year; or |
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(B) the date the county clerk receives notice |
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from the voter registrar under Subsection (d) that the voter has |
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submitted a change in registration information. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail received for an |
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election held on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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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. |