85R2061 ADM-D
 
  By: Arévalo H.B. No. 962
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a study on the feasibility of electronic voter
  registration and applications for a ballot to be voted by mail for
  overseas military personnel.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 101, Election Code, is amended by adding
  Subchapter D to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER D. FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ONLINE PROCESSES FOR OVERSEAS
  MILITARY PERSONNEL
         Sec. 101.151.  FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ONLINE PROCESSES FOR
  OVERSEAS MILITARY PERSONNEL. (a) The secretary of state shall
  conduct a study to consider the feasibility of creating an entirely
  electronic process for a person eligible for early voting by mail
  under Section 101.001(2)(A) or (B) to:
               (1)  register to vote; and
               (2)  request an early voting ballot to be voted by mail.
         (b)  The study must examine what assistance the secretary of
  state could provide to counties to facilitate implementation of the
  processes described by Subsection (a).
         Sec. 101.152.  EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires
  September 1, 2019.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.