Amend CSHB 738 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION to read as follows and by renumbering existing SECTIONS
accordingly:
      SECTION _____. Chapter 212, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter G to read as follows:
               SUBCHAPTER G. RECOUNT OF MAIL BALLOTS
      Sec. 212.151 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. (a) An initial recount
under this chapter may be limited to early voting ballots voted by
mail in the election.  The request for the recount must indicate
whether the recount is to be limited to early voting ballots voted
by mail.
      (b) If after a recount requested under Subsection (a) the
outcome of the election is changed, a person who may obtain an
initial recount for the election may request that all votes in the
election be recounted.
      (c) The secretary of state shall prescribe the amount of a
deposit to cover the costs of a recount requested under Subsection
(a) and any other procedures necessary to implement this
subchapter.