By: Denny (Senate Sponsor - Staples) H.B. No. 2154
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 28, 2003;
May 1, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 20, 2003, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 20, 2003, sent to printer.)
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.
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