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  By: Swanson H.B. No. 4265
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the early voting period.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 85.001(a), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The period for early voting by personal appearance
  begins on the 15th [17th] day before election day and continues
  through the fourth day before election day, except as otherwise
  provided by this section.
         SECTION 2.  Section 85.001(e), Election Code, is repealed.
 
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.