Bill Text: TX HB2778 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the elections for which federal postcard applicant voters may be sent ballots by e-mail.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2778 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2778-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 2778

AN ACT
relating to the elections for which federal postcard applicant
voters may be sent ballots by e-mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 101.104, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 101.104. ELECTIONS COVERED. Balloting [The e-mail
transmission of balloting] materials may be sent by e-mail under
this subchapter for any election in which the voter who registers
under this chapter is eligible to vote [is limited to:
[(1) an election in which an office of the federal
government appears on the ballot, including a primary election;
[(2) an election to fill a vacancy in the legislature
unless:
[(A) the election is ordered as an emergency
election under Section 41.0011; or
[(B) the election is held as an expedited
election under Section 203.013; or
[(3) an election held jointly with an election
described by Subdivision (1) or (2)].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2778 was passed by the House on May 7,
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2778 was passed by the Senate on May
23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor