Bill Text: TX SB160 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the identification of a person as an election poll watcher.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-25 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB160 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB160-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 160 | ||
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| relating to the identification of a person as an election poll | ||
| watcher. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 33.051, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) On accepting a watcher for service, the election officer | ||
| shall provide the watcher with a form of identification, prescribed | ||
| by the secretary of state, to be displayed by the watcher during the | ||
| watcher's hours of service at the polling place. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 160 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 19, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 160 passed the House on | ||
| May 10, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 3, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
