85R9112 GRM-F
By: Bohac H.B. No. 1595
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the dates to provide a ballot by mail to a voter.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 86.004(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the balloting
materials for voting by mail shall be mailed to a voter entitled to
vote by mail not later than the seventh calendar day after the later
of the date the clerk accepts the voter's application for a ballot
to be voted by mail or the date the ballots become available for
mailing, except that if that mailing date is earlier than the 45th
day before election day, the balloting materials shall be mailed
not later than the 30th [38th] day before election day.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.