84R1922 ADM-D
By: Garcia S.B. No. 1491
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of a mobile phone by a person occupying a voting
station.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.014, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read
as follows:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a [A]
person may not use a wireless communication device within 100 feet
of a voting station.
(b) A person may not use any mechanical or electronic means
to record [of recording] images or sound within 100 feet of a voting
station.
(e) A person who is occupying a voting station may use the
person's mobile phone to access information that was downloaded,
recorded, or created on the phone before the person entered the
polling place.
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 62.0111, Election Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 62.0111. NOTICE OF USE [PROHIBITION] OF CERTAIN
DEVICES.
SECTION 3. Section 62.0111(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) At the discretion of the presiding judge, notice of the
[prohibition of the] use of certain devices under Section 61.014
may be posted at one or more locations in the polling place where it
can be read by persons waiting to vote.
SECTION 4. 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, 2015.