Bill Text: TX HB269 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of a mobile phone by a person near a polling place.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-24 - Referred to Elections [HB269 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB269-Introduced.html
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| By: Fallon | H.B. No. 269 | |
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| relating to the use of a mobile phone by a person near a polling | ||
| place. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 61.014, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a [ |
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| person may not use a wireless communication device within 100 feet | ||
| of a voting station. | ||
| (b) A person may not use any mechanical or electronic means | ||
| to take photographs, take video, or record [ |
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| sound within 100 feet of a voting station. | ||
| (e) A person may use the person's mobile phone to access | ||
| information. | ||
| SECTION 2. The heading to Section 62.0111, Election Code, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 62.0111. NOTICE OF PROHIBITION OF RECORDING [ |
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| 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 | ||
| prohibition of taking photographs, taking video, or recording sound | ||
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| 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
