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 Section 84.007(b-1), Election Code, is repealed.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