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H.B. No. 2094
AN ACT
relating to the definition of providing assistance to a voter.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 64, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 64.0321 to read as follows:
Sec. 64.0321. DEFINITION. For purposes of this subchapter
and Sections 85.035 and 86.010, assisting a voter includes the
following conduct by a person other than the voter that occurs while
the person is in the presence of the voter's ballot or carrier
envelope:
(1) reading the ballot to the voter;
(2) directing the voter to read the ballot;
(3) marking the voter's ballot; or
(4) directing the voter to mark the ballot.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2094 was passed by the House on April
25, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2094 was passed by the Senate on May
27, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor