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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of an election judge to have certain |
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persons removed from a polling place. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 32, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 32.076 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 32.076. REMOVAL OF WATCHER, ALTERNATE PRESIDING JUDGE, |
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OR CLERK FROM POLLING PLACE. (a) A presiding judge may not remove a |
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watcher, alternate presiding judge, or election clerk from a |
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polling place unless: |
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(1) the presiding judge believes that the watcher, |
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alternate presiding judge, or clerk has violated a law, and has |
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communicated to that person, in a written and signed document, the |
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specific law the presiding judge believes the person violated; or |
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(2) the removal is pursuant to an arrest warrant |
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issued by the presiding judge under Section 32.075(c). |
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(b) A presiding judge shall, as soon as possible after a |
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removal under this section, inform the county clerk, county |
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elections administrator, or similar official administering the |
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election for a political subdivision of the removal. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |