TITLE: Relating to the use of certain mobile devices at a polling place.

SUMMARY: Relating to the use of certain mobile devices at a polling place.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the use of certain mobile devices at a polling place. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 61.014(a), (b), and (c), Election Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) A person may not use a wireless communication device within 50 [100] feet of a voting station. If voting stations are located in a separate room from the area in which voters wait to vote or are accepted for voting, a person may not use a wireless communication device in the room in which voting stations are located and may use the device in any other area. (b) A person may not use any mechanical or electronic means to record or capture [of recording] images or sound within 100 feet of a voting station. (c) The presiding judge may require a person who violates this section to turn off the device [or to leave the polling place].SECTION 2. The heading to Section 62.0111, Election Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 62.0111. NOTICE OF USE [PROHIBITION] OF CERTAIN DEVICES. SECTION 3. Section 62.0111(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) At the discretion of the presiding judge, notice of the [prohibition of the] use of certain devices under Section 61.014 may be posted at one or more locations in the polling place where it can be read by persons waiting to vote. SECTION 4. 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.