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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prosecution of criminal offenses of electioneering |
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near a polling place. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.003(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if, during the voting period |
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[and within 100 feet of an outside door through which a voter may
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enter the building in which a polling place is located], the |
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person[:
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[(1)] loiters[;] or |
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[(2)] electioneers for or against any candidate, |
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measure, or political party within 100 feet of: |
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(1) an outside door through which a voter may enter the |
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building in which a polling place is located; or |
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(2) a parking space for persons with disabilities that |
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serves the building and a designated travel path between the space |
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and an outside door of the building. |
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SECTION 2. Section 85.036(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) During the time an early voting polling place is open |
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for the conduct of early voting, a person may not electioneer for or |
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against any candidate, measure, or political party in or within 100 |
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feet of: |
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(1) an outside door through which a voter may enter the |
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building or structure in which the early voting polling place is |
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located; or |
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(2) a parking space for persons with disabilities that |
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serves the building or structure and a designated travel path |
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between the space and an outside door of the building or structure. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |