84R2252 SRS-F By: Garcia S.B. No. 1525 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the use of communication devices at a voting station. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 61.014(d), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) This section does not apply to: (1) an election officer in conducting the officer's official duties; (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; or (4) a voter at a voting station using a wireless communication device solely to reference a sample ballot or information regarding a ballot initiative stored on the device. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.