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78R6831 DRH-D


By:  Denny                                                        H.B. No. 1696



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the hours of service of a poll watcher on election day.           
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 33.052(a), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	[(a)]  A watcher at a precinct polling place may begin 
service at any time after the presiding judge arrives at the polling 
place on election day and may remain at the polling place until the 
presiding judge and the clerks complete their duties there. The 
watcher may serve at the polling place during the hours the watcher 
chooses except that if the watcher is present at the polling place 
when ballots are counted, the watcher may not leave until the 
counting is complete [A watcher may not be accepted for service 
unless the watcher is present at the time the polls are opened for 
voting].
	SECTION 2.  Sections 33.052(b), (c), (d), and (e), Election 
Code, are repealed.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.