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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public inspection of annual mail ballot applications. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 86.014(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A copy of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail |
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is not available for public inspection, except to the voter seeking |
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to verify that the information pertaining to the voter is accurate, |
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until the first business day after the election day of the latest |
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occurring election for which the application is submitted. An |
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application submitted under Section 86.0015 is not available for |
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public inspection before the first business day after the earliest |
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occurring election held by the authority to which the application |
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was submitted in the calendar year for which the application was |
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submitted. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |