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| 1 | 1 | 87R10765 SLB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Jetton H.B. No. 3274 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to an application for ballot to be voted by mail submitted | |
| 8 | 8 | by telephonic facsimile machine or electronic transmission. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 84.007(b-1), Election Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b-1) For an application for ballot by mail submitted by | |
| 13 | 13 | telephonic facsimile machine or electronic transmission to be | |
| 14 | 14 | effective, the application also must be submitted by mail and be | |
| 15 | 15 | received by the early voting clerk not later than the seventh | |
| 16 | 16 | [fourth] business day before the date of the election for which the | |
| 17 | 17 | ballot is requested [after the transmission by telephonic facsimile | |
| 18 | 18 | machine or electronic transmission is received]. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 20 | 20 | to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail submitted on or | |
| 21 | 21 | after the effective date of this Act. An application for a ballot | |
| 22 | 22 | to be voted by mail submitted before the effective date of this Act | |
| 23 | 23 | is governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted, | |
| 24 | 24 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |