TITLE: Relating to restrictions on activities a poll watcher may perform while on duty.

SUMMARY: Relating to restrictions on activities a poll watcher may perform while on duty.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to restrictions on activities a poll watcher may perform while on duty. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 33.058(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) While on duty, a watcher may not: (1) converse with an election officer regarding the election, except to call attention to an irregularity or violation of law; (2) converse with a voter; [or] (3) communicate in any manner with a voter regarding the election;or (4) use any device to produce or make an audio, visual, or audiovisual broadcast, recording, or photograph.SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.