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| 1 | 1 | 84R4359 ATP-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2388 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the time for submitting an application for a ballot to | |
| 8 | 8 | be voted by mail. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Sections 84.007(c) and (d), Election Code, are | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) An application must be submitted on or after the 60th | |
| 13 | 13 | day before election day and before 5 p.m. [the close of regular | |
| 14 | 14 | business in the early voting clerk's office or 12 noon, whichever is | |
| 15 | 15 | later,] on the 11th [ninth] day before election day unless that day | |
| 16 | 16 | is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state or national holiday, in which | |
| 17 | 17 | case the last day is the first preceding regular business day. | |
| 18 | 18 | (d) An application is considered to be submitted on the | |
| 19 | 19 | earlier of: | |
| 20 | 20 | (1) [at] the time of its receipt by the clerk; or | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) the time indicated on the cancellation mark of a | |
| 22 | 22 | recognized postal service or a receipt mark of a common or contract | |
| 23 | 23 | carrier or a courier. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |