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| 1 | 1 | 86R3673 ATP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 2117 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the submission by telephonic facsimile or electronic | |
| 8 | 8 | transmission of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 84.007(b), Election Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b) An application must be submitted to the early voting | |
| 13 | 13 | clerk by: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) mail; | |
| 15 | 15 | (2) common or contract carrier; | |
| 16 | 16 | (3) [subject to Subsection (b-1),] telephonic | |
| 17 | 17 | facsimile machine, if a machine is available in the clerk's office; | |
| 18 | 18 | or | |
| 19 | 19 | (4) [subject to Subsection (b-1),] electronic | |
| 20 | 20 | transmission of a scanned application containing an original | |
| 21 | 21 | signature. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. Section 84.007(b-1), Election Code, is repealed. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 24 | 24 | to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail submitted on or | |
| 25 | 25 | after the effective date of this Act. An application for a ballot | |
| 26 | 26 | to be voted by mail submitted before the effective date of this Act | |
| 27 | 27 | is governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted, | |
| 28 | 28 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |