79R6249 JRJ-D

By:  Rodriguez                                                    H.B. No. 1414



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the date the early voting ballot board shall convene to 
count certain ballots voted by mail.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 87.125, Election Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  If the date prescribed by Subsection (a) for convening 
the early voting ballot board is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state 
or national holiday, the early voting ballot board shall convene on 
the next regular business day.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.