H.B. No. 535




AN ACT

relating to the offense of using a sound amplification device near a 
polling place.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 61.004, Election Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 61.004.  UNLAWFUL OPERATION OF SOUND AMPLIFICATION 
DEVICE OR SOUND TRUCK.
	SECTION 2.  Section 61.004(a), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	(a)  A person commits an offense if, during the voting period 
and within 1,000 feet of a building in which a polling place is 
located, the person operates a sound amplification device or a 
vehicle with a loudspeaker while the device or loudspeaker is being 
used for the purpose of:
		(1)  making a political speech; or                                            
		(2)  electioneering for or against any candidate, 
measure, or political party.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 535 was passed by the House on March 
21, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 126, Nays 10, 1 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 535 was passed by the Senate on May 
23, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor