Bill Text: TX HB2050 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the use of recording devices and mobile telephones by poll watchers.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-03 - Corrected committee report sent to Calendars [HB2050 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2050-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Pena, Aliseda, Torres, | H.B. No. 2050 | ||
Gonzales of Williamson, Garza | |||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2050: | |||
By: Branch | C.S.H.B. No. 2050 |
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relating to the use of recording devices and mobile telephones by | ||
poll watchers. | ||
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; and | ||
(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[ |
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SECTION 2. Section 61.014(d), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) This section does not apply to: | ||
(1) an election officer in conducting the officer's | ||
official duties; | ||
(2) the use of election equipment necessary for the | ||
conduct of the election; [ |
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(3) a person who is employed at the location in which a | ||
polling place is located while the person is acting in the course of | ||
the person's employment; or | ||
(4) a poll watcher who, in a manner that does not | ||
disrupt proceedings at or near the voting station and for the | ||
purpose of reporting an irregularity or violation of law relating | ||
to the election, is contacting the authority holding the election, | ||
the secretary of state, the attorney general, or a law enforcement | ||
officer. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 33.051(c), Election Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |