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| 1 | 1 | By: Miller of Fort Bend (Senate Sponsor - Fraser) H.B. No. 1996 | |
| 2 | 2 | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013; | |
| 3 | 3 | May 9, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on State | |
| 4 | 4 | Affairs; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: | |
| 5 | 5 | Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.) | |
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| 8 | 8 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 9 | 9 | AN ACT | |
| 10 | 10 | relating to certain political party officials visiting a primary | |
| 11 | 11 | election polling place for administrative purposes. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 172, Election Code, is | |
| 14 | 14 | amended by adding Section 172.1113 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | Sec. 172.1113. COUNTY CHAIR PERMITTED IN POLLING PLACE. | |
| 16 | 16 | (a) In this section, "voting period" means the period beginning | |
| 17 | 17 | when the polls open for voting and ending when the polls close or | |
| 18 | 18 | the last voter has voted, whichever is later. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) The county chair of a political party conducting a | |
| 20 | 20 | primary election may be in a polling place during the voting period | |
| 21 | 21 | as necessary to perform administrative functions related to the | |
| 22 | 22 | conduct of the election. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | |
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