84R487 ADM-D
 
  By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2383
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a permanent request for an early voting ballot.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 86.0015(a) and (b), Election Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to an application for a ballot
  to be voted by mail that[:
               [(1)]  is submitted to the county clerk indicating the
  ground of eligibility is age, [or] disability, or absence from
  county of residence [; and
               [(2)     does not specify the election for which a ballot
  is requested].
         (b)  An application described by Subsection (a) is
  considered to be an application for a ballot for each election in
  which the county clerk serves as early voting clerk and:
               (1)  in which the applicant is eligible to vote; and
               (2)  that occurs before the earlier of the date:
                     (A)  [the end of the calendar year in which the
  application was submitted; or
                     [(B)  the date] the county clerk receives notice
  from the voter registrar under Subsection (d) that the voter has
  submitted a change in registration information; or
                     (B)  the voter is no longer eligible for early
  voting by mail under Section 82.001, if the voter became eligible
  under that section.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail received on or
  after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.