87R10765 SLB-D
By: Jetton H.B. No. 3274
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an application for ballot to be voted by mail submitted
by telephonic facsimile machine or electronic transmission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 84.007(b-1), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b-1) For an application for ballot by mail submitted by
telephonic facsimile machine or electronic transmission to be
effective, the application also must be submitted by mail and be
received by the early voting clerk not later than the seventh
[fourth] business day before the date of the election for which the
ballot is requested [after the transmission by telephonic facsimile
machine or electronic transmission is received].
SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.