87R10522 SLB-D
 
  By: Beckley H.B. No. 2575
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the procedure by which certain voters receive ballots
  to be voted by mail for each election held during a certain period.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 86.0015, Election Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 86.0015.  [ANNUAL] BALLOTS BY MAIL FOR MULTIPLE
  ELECTIONS FOLLOWING SINGLE APPLICATION.
         SECTION 2.  Section 86.0015, Election Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  An application described by Subsection (a) is
  considered to be an application for a ballot for each election,
  including any ensuing runoff:
               (1)  in which the applicant is eligible to vote; and
               (2)  that occurs before the earlier of:
                     (A)  [except as provided by Subsection (b-2),] the
  end of the next calendar year following the calendar year in which
  the application was submitted;
                     (B)  the date the county clerk receives notice
  from the voter registrar under Subsection (f) that the voter has
  changed residence to another county; or
                     (C)  the date the voter's registration is
  canceled.
         (g)  The county clerk shall provide to a voter who has
  applied for and qualifies to receive ballots to be voted by mail
  under this section, before the end of the last calendar year for
  which the voter will receive ballots under this section, a notice
  stating that the voter must make a new application under this
  section if the voter wishes to continue to receive ballots to be
  voted by mail.
         SECTION 3.  Section 86.0015(b-2), Election Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
  86.0015, Election Code, applies only to an application for a ballot
  to be voted by mail submitted on or after the effective date of this
  Act. An application for a ballot to be voted by mail submitted
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
  effect when the application was submitted, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.