84R13321 GRM-F
By: Kuempel H.B. No. 3770
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prosecution of criminal offenses of electioneering
near a polling place.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.003(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if, during the voting period
[and within 100 feet of an outside door through which a voter may
enter the building in which a polling place is located], the
person[:
[(1)] loiters[;] or
[(2)] electioneers for or against any candidate,
measure, or political party within 100 feet of:
(1) an outside door through which a voter may enter the
building in which a polling place is located; or
(2) a parking space for persons with disabilities that
serves the building and a designated travel path between the space
and an outside door of the building.
SECTION 2. Section 85.036(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) During the time an early voting polling place is open
for the conduct of early voting, a person may not electioneer for or
against any candidate, measure, or political party in or within 100
feet of:
(1) an outside door through which a voter may enter the
building or structure in which the early voting polling place is
located; or
(2) a parking space for persons with disabilities that
serves the building or structure and a designated travel path
between the space and an outside door of the building or structure.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.