TITLE: Relating to the dates to provide a ballot by mail to a voter.

SUMMARY: Relating to the dates to provide a ballot by mail to a voter.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the dates to provide a ballot by mail to a voter. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 86.004(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the balloting materials for voting by mail shall be mailed to a voter entitled to vote by mail not later than the seventh calendar day after the later of the date the clerk accepts the voter's application for a ballot to be voted by mail or the date the ballots become available for mailing, except that if that mailing date is earlier than the 45th day before election day, the balloting materials shall be mailed not later than the 30th [38th] day before election day. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.