Bill Text: TX HB198 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to depository boxes for ballots to be voted by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-09 - Filed [HB198 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB198-Introduced.html
| By: Crockett | H.B. No. 198 | |
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| relating to depository boxes for ballots to be voted by mail. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 86.006, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) A marked ballot voted under this chapter must be | ||
| returned to the early voting clerk in the official carrier | ||
| envelope. The carrier envelope may be delivered in another | ||
| envelope and must be transported and delivered only by: | ||
| (1) mail; | ||
| (2) common or contract carrier; [ |
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| (3) subject to Subsection (a-1), in-person delivery by | ||
| the voter who voted the ballot; or | ||
| (4) subject to Subsection (a-2), delivery to an | ||
| authorized depository box. | ||
| (a-2) The voter may deliver a sealed carrier envelope | ||
| containing a marked ballot to any depository box authorized by the | ||
| early voting clerk. The early voting clerk may authorize any number | ||
| of suitable locations for placement of a depository box. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
