Bill Text: TX HB2028 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of canceling an application for a ballot to be voted by mail to subsequent elections.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-30 - Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) [HB2028 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2028-Introduced.html
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| By: Miller of Fort Bend | H.B. No. 2028 | |
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| relating to the applicability of canceling an application for a | ||
| ballot to be voted by mail to subsequent elections. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 84, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 84.038 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 84.038. CANCELLATION EFFECTIVE FOR SINGLE ELECTION. | ||
| The cancellation of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail | ||
| under Section 84.032(c), (d), or (e) is effective for a single | ||
| ballot only and does not cancel the application with respect to a | ||
| subsequent election, including a subsequent election to which the | ||
| same application applies under Section 84.001(e) or 86.0015(b). | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
