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1		-	~~89R21252~~ JDK-D
	1	+	89R3245 JDK-F
2	2		By: Shaheen H.B. No. 493
3		-	~~Substitute the following for H.B. No. 493:~~
4		-	~~By: Shaheen C.S.H.B. No. 493~~
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7	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8		AN ACT
9	9		relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher.
10	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11		SECTION 1. Section 33.006(b), Election Code, is amended to
12	12		read as follows:
13	13		(b) A certificate of appointment must:
14	14		(1) be in writing and signed by the appointing
15	15		authority or, for an appointment for a write-in candidate under
16	16		Section 33.004, by each of the voters making the appointment;
17	17		(2) indicate the capacity in which the appointing
18	18		authority is acting;
19	19		(3) state the name, residence address, and voter
20	20		registration number of the appointee and be signed by the
21	21		appointee;
22	22		(4) identify the election and the precinct polling
23	23		place or other location at which the appointee is to serve;
24	24		(5) in an election on a measure, identify the measure
25	25		if more than one is to be voted on and state which side of the
26	26		measure the appointee represents; and
27	27		(6) contain an affidavit executed by the appointee
28	28		stating that the appointee:
29	29		(A) will not have possession of a device capable
30	30		of recording images or sound or that the appointee will disable or
31	31		deactivate the device while serving as a watcher; and
32	32		(B) has not been finally convicted of a felony of
33		-	the first or second degree or ~~a felony~~ offense in connection with
34		-	~~conduct~~ directly attributable to an election.
	33	+	the first or second degree or an offense in connection with conduct
	34	+	directly attributable to an election.
35	35		SECTION 2. Section 33.035, Election Code, is amended to
36	36		read as follows:
37	37		Sec. 33.035. INELIGIBILITY OF PERSON CONVICTED OF CERTAIN
38	38		OFFENSES [ELECTION OFFENSE]. A person is ineligible to serve as a
39		-	watcher in an election if the person has been finally convicted of a
40		-	felony:
41		-	(1) of the first or second degree; or
42		-	(2) [an offense] in connection with conduct directly
	39	+	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
43	42		attributable to an election.
44	43		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.