By: King of Zavala (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1493
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2009;
May 6, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 12, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 12, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of certain devices in a polling place.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.013(d), Election Code, as added by
Chapter 697 (H.B. 1921), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
(d) This section does not apply to:
(1) an election officer in conducting the officer's
official duties; [or]
(2) the use of election equipment necessary for the
conduct of the election; or
(3) a person who is employed at the location in which a
polling place is located while the person is acting in the course of
the person's employment.
SECTION 2. 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, 2009.
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