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By: Reynolds (Senate Sponsor - Burton) |
H.B. No. 2559 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017; |
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May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 18, 2017, sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public inspection of mail ballot applications. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 86.014(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A copy of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail |
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is not available for public inspection, except to the voter seeking |
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to verify that the information pertaining to the voter is accurate, |
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until the first business day after the election day of the earliest |
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[latest] occurring election for which the application is submitted. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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