Amend CSSB 7 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 3 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of ARTICLE 3 accordingly:

SECTION 3.__.  Sections 85.001(a) and (e), Election Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a)  The period for early voting by personal appearance begins on the 17th day before election day and continues through the [fourth] day before election day, except as otherwise provided by this section.

(e)  For an election held on the uniform election date in May and any resulting runoff election, the period for early voting by personal appearance begins on the 12th day before election day and continues through the [fourth] day before election day.