Bill Text: TX HB2559 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to public inspection of mail ballot applications.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2559 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2559-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to public inspection of mail ballot applications.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2559 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2559-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 2559 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2559: | |||
By: Laubenberg | C.S.H.B. No. 2559 |
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relating to public inspection of mail ballot applications. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 86.014(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A copy of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail | ||
is not available for public inspection, except to the voter seeking | ||
to verify that the information pertaining to the voter is accurate, | ||
until the first business day after the election day of the earliest | ||
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |