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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an application for ballot to be voted by mail submitted |
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by telephonic facsimile machine or electronic transmission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 84.007(b-1), Election Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b-1) For an application for ballot by mail submitted by |
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telephonic facsimile machine or electronic transmission to be |
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effective, the application also must be submitted by mail and be |
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received by the early voting clerk not later than the seventh |
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[fourth] business day before the date of the election for which the |
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ballot is requested [after the transmission by telephonic facsimile |
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machine or electronic transmission is received]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail submitted on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. An application for a ballot |
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to be voted by mail submitted before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |