Bill Text: TX HB166 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-23 - Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies [HB166 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB166-Introduced.html
| 87S20710 JON-F | ||
| By: Shaheen | H.B. No. 166 | |
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| relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 33.006(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) A certificate of appointment must: | ||
| (1) be in writing and signed by the appointing | ||
| authority or, for an appointment for a write-in candidate under | ||
| Section 33.004, by each of the voters making the appointment; | ||
| (2) indicate the capacity in which the appointing | ||
| authority is acting; | ||
| (3) state the name, residence address, and voter | ||
| registration number of the appointee and be signed by the | ||
| appointee; | ||
| (4) identify the election and the precinct polling | ||
| place or other location at which the appointee is to serve; | ||
| (5) in an election on a measure, identify the measure | ||
| if more than one is to be voted on and state which side of the | ||
| measure the appointee represents; and | ||
| (6) contain an affidavit executed by the appointee | ||
| stating that the appointee: | ||
| (A) will not have possession of a device capable | ||
| of recording images or sound or that the appointee will disable or | ||
| deactivate the device while serving as a watcher; and | ||
| (B) has not been finally convicted of a felony of | ||
| the first or second degree or an offense in connection with conduct | ||
| directly attributable to an election. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 33.035, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 33.035. INELIGIBILITY OF PERSON CONVICTED OF CERTAIN | ||
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| watcher in an election if the person has been finally convicted of: | ||
| (1) a felony of the first or second degree; or | ||
| (2) an offense in connection with conduct directly | ||
| attributable to an election. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
