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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the time for providing a ballot to be voted by mail to a |
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voter. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 86.004(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the balloting |
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materials for voting by mail shall be mailed to a voter entitled to |
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vote by mail not later than the seventh calendar day after the later |
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of the date the clerk accepts the voter's application for a ballot |
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to be voted by mail or the date the ballots become available for |
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mailing, except that if that mailing date is earlier than the 37th |
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[45th] day before election day, the balloting materials shall be |
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mailed not later than the 30th day before election day. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an election ordered on or after September 1, 2019. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |