Bill Text: TX SB1034 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to voting by mail, including the cancellation of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-06-20 - Vetoed by the Governor [SB1034 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1034-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1034 | ||
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| relating to voting by mail, including the cancellation of an | ||
| application for a ballot to be voted by mail. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 84, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 84.038 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 84.038. CANCELLATION EFFECTIVE FOR SINGLE ELECTION FOR | ||
| CERTAIN VOTERS. The cancellation of an application for a ballot to | ||
| be voted by mail under Section 84.032(c), (d), or (e) does not | ||
| cancel the application with respect to a subsequent election to | ||
| which the same application applies under Section 86.0015(b). | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 86.0015, Subsection (b), Election Code, | ||
| is amended by adding a new Section (3) to read as follows: | ||
| (3) A person eligible to submit an application under | ||
| this section may apply to receive all ballots in an even numbered | ||
| year on the same application submitted for a ballot in the November | ||
| general election of an odd year. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 86.013(d), Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding a new Subsection (6) to read as follows: | ||
| (6) The secretary of state by rule may redesign the | ||
| official carrier envelope by moving all the requirements of (1) | ||
| through (5) to a separate sheet and styling the signature box to | ||
| insure that a voter is instructed to and must sign over the flap. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1034 passed the Senate on | ||
| May 8, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the | ||
| Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2015, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1034 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, | ||
| Nays 1, zero present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
