85R2061 ADM-D     By: Arévalo H.B. No. 962       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a study on the feasibility of electronic voter   registration and applications for a ballot to be voted by mail for   overseas military personnel.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 101, Election Code, is amended by adding   Subchapter D to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER D. FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ONLINE PROCESSES FOR OVERSEAS   MILITARY PERSONNEL          Sec. 101.151.  FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ONLINE PROCESSES FOR   OVERSEAS MILITARY PERSONNEL. (a) The secretary of state shall   conduct a study to consider the feasibility of creating an entirely   electronic process for a person eligible for early voting by mail   under Section 101.001(2)(A) or (B) to:                (1)  register to vote; and                (2)  request an early voting ballot to be voted by mail.          (b)  The study must examine what assistance the secretary of   state could provide to counties to facilitate implementation of the   processes described by Subsection (a).          Sec. 101.152.  EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires   September 1, 2019.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.