Bill Text: TX SB1115 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a program allowing certain military voters on active duty overseas to cast a ballot electronically.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-15 - Effective immediately [SB1115 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1115-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1115 |
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relating to a program allowing certain military voters on active | ||
duty overseas to cast a ballot electronically. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 105.004(b), (c), (d), and (e), Election | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The secretary of state shall select to participate in | ||
the program a number of counties as determined by the secretary of | ||
state [ |
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(1) desire [ |
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and | ||
(2) are [ |
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have the appropriate technological capabilities. | ||
(c) The secretary of state shall operate the program | ||
established under Subsection (a) as a pilot program until September | ||
1, 2017 [ |
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(d) Not later than January 1, 2017 [ |
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state shall file a report with the legislature. The report may | ||
include the secretary of state's recommendations on the future use | ||
of e-mail ballot submission by members of the armed forces of the | ||
United States and suggestions for permanent statutory authority | ||
regarding e-mail ballot submission by members of the armed forces | ||
of the United States. | ||
(e) This section expires September 1, 2017 [ |
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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, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1115 passed the Senate on | ||
April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1115 passed the House on | ||
May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 1, | ||
two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |