Bill Text: TX HB2138 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-13 - Referred to Elections [HB2138 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2138-Introduced.html
| 85R10808 SRS-F | ||
| By: Shaheen | H.B. No. 2138 | |
|
|
||
|
|
||
| relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 33.035, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 33.035. INELIGIBILITY OF PERSON CONVICTED OF ELECTION | ||
| OFFENSE. A person is ineligible to serve as a watcher in an | ||
| election if the person has been finally convicted of: | ||
| (1) a felony; or | ||
| (2) an offense in connection with conduct directly | ||
| attributable to an election. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
