H.B. No. 1493
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1493 was passed by the House on April
30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1493 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor