{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-33.035","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 33.035","heading":"INELIGIBILITY OF PERSON CONVICTED OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.","body":"A person is ineligible to serve as a watcher in an election if the person has been finally convicted of a felony:\n(1) of the first or second degree; or\n(2) in connection with conduct directly attributable to an election.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1349, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 922 (H.B. 493), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 3. ELECTION OFFICERS AND OBSERVERS","CHAPTER 33. WATCHERS","SUBCHAPTER B. ELIGIBILITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.33.htm#33.035","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"1908cbcbdcb574a9f4e42ae42a498c84c3defb494096e796b82985df0ff38161","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-33.034","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-33.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}