81R4611 JRJ-D
By: Brown of Kaufman H.B. No. 1143
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the penalty for making a false statement on a voter
registration application.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.007(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
degree [Class B misdemeanor].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.