Bill Text: TX HB2233 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to signature verification on an early voting ballot voted by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2233 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2233-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2233 |
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relating to signature verification on an early voting ballot voted | ||
by mail. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 87.041(e), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(e) In making the determination under Subsection (b)(2), | ||
the board may also compare the signatures with any two or more | ||
signatures of the voter made within the preceding six years and on | ||
file with the voter registrar [ |
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of the same person but may not use the signatures [ |
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those of the same person. | ||
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, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2233 was passed by the House on May | ||
10, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2233 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |