Bill Text: TX SB160 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
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| By: Huffman | 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 33.056, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) A watcher shall wear a badge that prominently displays | ||
| the words "Poll Watcher" while the watcher is observing election | ||
| activity. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 61.010(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section | ||
| 33.056(e), a person may not wear a badge, insignia, emblem, or other | ||
| similar communicative device relating to a candidate, measure, or | ||
| political party appearing on the ballot, or to the conduct of the | ||
| election, in the polling place or within 100 feet of any outside | ||
| door through which a voter may enter the building in which the | ||
| polling place is located. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
