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| 1 | 1 | 87S20223 JON-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Paul H.B. No. 75 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to hours of service by an election watcher. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 33.052, Election Code, is amended to | |
| 10 | 10 | read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 33.052. HOURS OF SERVICE AT PRECINCT POLLING PLACE. | |
| 12 | 12 | [(a)] A watcher at a precinct polling place may begin service at any | |
| 13 | 13 | time after the presiding judge arrives at the polling place on | |
| 14 | 14 | election day and may remain at the polling place until the presiding | |
| 15 | 15 | judge and the clerks complete their duties there. A watcher [that | |
| 16 | 16 | serves for more than five continuous hours] may serve at the polling | |
| 17 | 17 | place during the hours the watcher chooses, except that if the | |
| 18 | 18 | watcher is present at the polling place when ballots are counted, | |
| 19 | 19 | the watcher may not leave until the counting is complete. | |
| 20 | 20 | [(b) For purposes of this section, a watcher is considered | |
| 21 | 21 | to have served continuously if the watcher leaves the polling place | |
| 22 | 22 | for the purpose of using a wireless communication device prohibited | |
| 23 | 23 | from use in the polling place under Section 61.014 and the watcher | |
| 24 | 24 | promptly returns.] | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | |
| 26 | 26 | last day of the legislative session. |