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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to postage for early voting ballots 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 86.002, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The officially prescribed carrier envelope shall be |
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prepared so that it can be mailed free of United States postage. The |
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secretary of state shall adopt rules necessary for the |
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administration of this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. Section 86.013(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) "Carrier Envelope for Early Voting Ballot," the name and |
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official title of the early voting clerk as addressee, [and] the |
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clerk's official mailing address, and an indication that return |
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postage for the envelope and balloting materials is prepaid must be |
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printed on the face of each official carrier envelope for a ballot |
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to be voted by mail. |
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SECTION 3. Section 86.002(e), Election Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An election ordered before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective |
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date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |