82R10450 DRH-F
By: Aliseda H.B. No. 2449
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the illegal possession of another person's ballot to be
voted by mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 86.006, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows:
(g-1) Ballots or carrier envelopes that are possessed
pursuant to a continuous course of conduct by a person over one or
more days may be aggregated in determining the number of ballots or
carrier envelopes a person possesses under Subsection (g).
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
governed 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, 2011.