78R6829 DRH-D


By:  Denny                                                        H.B. No. 2154



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to appealing certain decisions of an election judge at a 
polling place.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 32.075(c), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	(c)  In performing duties under Subsection (a), a presiding 
judge has the power of a district judge to enforce order and 
preserve the peace, including the power to issue an arrest warrant.  
An appeal of an order or other action of the presiding judge under 
this section is made in the same manner as the appeal of an order or 
other action of a district court in the county in which the polling 
place is located.
	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.