Amend HB 493 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 33.006(b), Election Code (page 1, line 46), between "election" and the underlined period, insert "or if so convicted has, not later than 20 years before the date of the election in which the appointee is appointed to serve:
(i) fully discharged the appointee's sentence, including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision; or
(ii) completed a period of probation ordered by a court".
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in amended Section 33.035, Election Code (page 1, line 50), strike "A" and substitute "(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a [A]".
(3) In SECTION 2 of the bill, at the end of amended Section 33.035, Election Code (page 1, between lines 55 and 56), add the following:
(b) A person who has been finally convicted of a felony described by Subsection (a) may serve as a watcher in an election if more than 20 years have passed since the date on which the person:
(1) fully discharged the person's sentence, including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision; or
(2) completed a period of probation ordered by a court.