Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB463 Compare Versions

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1		-	87R16498 MLH-F
2		-	By: Shaheen, Swanson H.B. No. 463
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 463:
4		-	By: Schofield C.S.H.B. No. 463
	1	+	87R178 GRM-F
	2	+	By: Shaheen H.B. No. 463
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7	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	6		AN ACT
9	7		relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher.
10	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	9		SECTION 1. Section 33.006(b), Election Code, is amended to
12	10		read as follows:
13	11		(b) A certificate of appointment must:
14	12		(1) be in writing and signed by the appointing
15	13		authority or, for an appointment for a write-in candidate under
16	14		Section 33.004, by each of the voters making the appointment;
17	15		(2) indicate the capacity in which the appointing
18	16		authority is acting;
19	17		(3) state the name, residence address, and voter
20	18		registration number of the appointee and be signed by the
21	19		appointee;
22	20		(4) identify the election and the precinct polling
23	21		place or other location at which the appointee is to serve;
24	22		(5) in an election on a measure, identify the measure
25	23		if more than one is to be voted on and state which side of the
26	24		measure the appointee represents; and
27	25		(6) contain an affidavit executed by the appointee
28	26		stating that the appointee:
29	27		(A) will not have possession of a device capable
30	28		of recording images or sound or that the appointee will disable or
31	29		deactivate the device while serving as a watcher; and
32		-	(B) has not been finally convicted of a felony of
33		-	the first or second degree or an offense in connection with conduct
34		-	directly attributable to an election.
	30	+	(B) has not been finally convicted of a felony
	31	+	offense.
35	32		SECTION 2. Section 33.035, Election Code, is amended to
36	33		read as follows:
37	34		Sec. 33.035. INELIGIBILITY OF PERSON CONVICTED OF CERTAIN
38	35		OFFENSES [ELECTION OFFENSE]. A person is ineligible to serve as a
39	36		watcher in an election if the person has been finally convicted of:
40		-	(1) a felony ~~of the first or second degree~~; or
41		-	(2) an offense in connection with ~~conduct directly~~
42		-	attributable to an election.
	37	+	(1) a felony offense; or
	38	+	(2) a misdemeanor [an] offense in connection with
	39	+	conduct directly attributable to an election.
43	40		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.