82R8358 ATP-D
 
  By: Pena, Aliseda, Torres, Garza, Margo H.B. No. 2051
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the oath taken by a person who assists a voter.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 64.034, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 64.034.  OATH. A person selected to provide assistance
  to a voter must take the following oath, administered by an election
  officer at the polling place, before providing assistance:
         "I swear (or affirm) that I will not suggest, by word, sign,
  or gesture, how the voter should vote; I will confine my assistance
  to answering the voter's questions, to stating propositions on the
  ballot, and to naming candidates and, if listed, their political
  parties; [and] I will prepare the voter's ballot as the voter
  directs; and I am not the voter's employer, an agent of the voter's
  employer, or an officer or agent of a labor union to which the voter
  belongs."
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.