85R1252 ADM-D     By: Fallon H.B. No. 450       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the use of a mobile phone by a person occupying a voting   station.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 61.014, Election Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read   as follows:          (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, a [A]   person may not use a wireless communication device within 100 feet   of a voting station.          (b)  A person may not use any mechanical or electronic means   to record [of recording] images or sound within 100 feet of a voting   station.          (e)  A person who is occupying a voting station may use the   person's mobile phone to access information that was downloaded or   created on the phone before the person entered the polling place.          SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 62.0111, Election Code,   is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 62.0111.  NOTICE OF PROHIBITION OF RECORDING [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 image and sound recording [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.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.