Bill Text: TX SB535 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of certain mobile devices at a polling place.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-18 - Referred to State Affairs [SB535 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB535-Introduced.html
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By: Watson | S.B. No. 535 |
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relating to the use of certain mobile devices at a polling place. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 61.014(a), (b), and (c), Election Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person may not use a wireless communication device | ||
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located in a separate room from the area in which voters wait to | ||
vote or are accepted for voting, a person may not use a wireless | ||
communication device in the room in which voting stations are | ||
located and may use the device in any other area. | ||
(b) A person may not use any mechanical or electronic means | ||
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of a voting station. | ||
(c) The presiding judge may require a person who violates | ||
this section to turn off the device [ |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 62.0111, Election Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 62.0111. NOTICE OF USE [ |
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DEVICES. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 62.0111(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) At the discretion of the presiding judge, notice of the | ||
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may be posted at one or more locations in the polling place where it | ||
can be read by persons waiting to vote. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2015. |