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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to ineligibility to serve as a poll watcher. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 33.035, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.035. INELIGIBILITY OF PERSON CONVICTED OF ELECTION |
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OFFENSE. A person is ineligible to serve as a watcher in an |
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election if the person has been finally convicted of: |
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(1) a felony; or |
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(2) an offense in connection with conduct directly |
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attributable to an election. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |