Bill Text: TX HB2053 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 2053 (Prior Session Legislation)

TX State Legislature page for HB2053

Bill Title: Relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-02 - Considered in Calendars [HB2053 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB2053-Comm_Sub.html

	82R10503 SLB-F

	By: Pena, Aliseda, Torres,	H.B. No. 2053
	Gonzales of Williamson, Garza



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 33.035, Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 33.035. INELIGIBILITY OF PERSON CONVICTED OF ELECTION
	OFFENSE. A person is ineligible to serve as a watcher in an
	election if the person has been finally convicted of:
	(1) a felony; or
	(2) an offense in connection with conduct directly
	attributable to an election.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.