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

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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-Introduced.html
  82R10503 SLB-F
 
  By: Pena H.B. No. 2053
 
 
 
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.
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