Bill Text: TX HB1996 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 1996 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to certain political party officials visiting a primary election polling place for administrative purposes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB1996 Detail]

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	By: Miller of Fort Bend (Senate Sponsor - Fraser)	H.B. No. 1996
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013;
	May 9, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	Affairs; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT

	relating to certain political party officials visiting a primary
	election polling place for administrative purposes.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 172, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Section 172.1113 to read as follows:
	Sec. 172.1113. COUNTY CHAIR PERMITTED IN POLLING PLACE.
	(a) In this section, "voting period" means the period beginning
	when the polls open for voting and ending when the polls close or
	the last voter has voted, whichever is later.
	(b) The county chair of a political party conducting a
	primary election may be in a polling place during the voting period
	as necessary to perform administrative functions related to the
	conduct of the election.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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