Bill Text: TX HB2233 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to signature verification on an early voting ballot voted by mail.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2233 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2233-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 2233

AN ACT
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 [the signature on the voter's
registration application] to confirm that the signatures are those
of the same person but may not use the signatures [registration
application signature] to determine that the signatures are not
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