88R7121 PRL-D
 
  By: Leach H.B. No. 3159
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of an accessible absentee mail system by certain
  voters.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 81, Election Code, is amended by adding
  Section 81.006 to read as follows:
         Sec. 81.006.  ACCESSIBLE ABSENTEE BALLOT SYSTEM. (a) A
  person eligible for early voting by mail under Section 82.002 or
  Section 101.001 as a person described by Section 101.001(2)(A) may
  cast a ballot using an accessible absentee mail system,
  notwithstanding any other provision of this title.
         (b)  An accessible absentee mail system must be an electronic
  system, including software, used for the sole purpose of enabling
  any voter, including a voter who has a disability, to mark the
  voter's ballot and print and submit the ballot in the manner
  required by law for a ballot marked by the voter.
         (c)  The secretary of state shall adopt rules and prescribe
  procedures for the implementation of this section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.