Bill Text: TX HB396 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 396 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to providing a federal postcard applicant with a ballot for certain elections in which the applicant is eligible to vote.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB396 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB396-Comm_Sub.html

	83R18308 ADM-F

	By: Thompson of Harris	H.B. No. 396

	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 396:

	By: Morrison	C.S.H.B. No. 396



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to providing a federal postcard applicant with a ballot
	for certain elections in which the applicant is eligible to vote.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 101.054, Election Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
	read as follows:
	(a) A person may apply with a single federal postcard
	application for a ballot for any one or more elections in which the
	person is eligible to vote as provided by this section [~~the early~~
	~~voting clerk to whom the application is submitted conducts early~~
	~~voting~~].
	(b) An application that does not identify the election for
	which a ballot is requested shall be treated as if it requests a
	ballot for:
	(1) except as provided by Subdivision (3), each
	general election in which the clerk conducts early voting; [~~and~~]
	(2) the general primary election if the application
	indicates party preference and is submitted to the early voting
	clerk for the primary; and
	(3) each general or special election held by a county,
	a municipality, or an independent school district within one
	calendar year after the date the application is received and in
	which the person is eligible to vote.
	(b-1) If an application under Subsection (b) indicates the
	person is eligible to vote in an election described by Subsection
	(b)(3) in which the early voting clerk who received the application
	does not conduct early voting, the clerk shall forward a copy of the
	application in a form prescribed by the secretary of state to each
	early voting clerk who conducts early voting for that election.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.