Bill Text: TX HB2264 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the time for returning mail ballots that were sent to the voter after the time provided by law.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-13 - Referred to Elections [HB2264 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2264-Introduced.html
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| By: Miller of Fort Bend | H.B. No. 2264 | |
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| relating to the time for returning mail ballots that were sent to | ||
| the voter after the time provided by law. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 86.007, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsections (a) and (g) and adding Subsection (d-1) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or (d-1), a marked | ||
| ballot voted by mail must arrive at the address on the carrier | ||
| envelope before the time the polls are required to close on election | ||
| day. | ||
| (d-1) A marked ballot voted by mail that arrives after the | ||
| time prescribed by Subsection (a) shall be counted if: | ||
| (1) balloting materials are sent after the time | ||
| prescribed by Section 86.004 for providing the ballots; and | ||
| (2) the ballot arrives at the address on the carrier | ||
| envelope not later than the fifth day after the date of the | ||
| election, except that if that date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or | ||
| legal state or national holiday, then the deadline is extended to | ||
| the next regular business day. | ||
| (g) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures as | ||
| necessary to implement Subsections [ |
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| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
