82R10520 JRJ-F
By: Pena H.B. No. 2586
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. Sections 13.007(a) and (b), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly
makes a materially false statement or requests, commands, or
attempts to induce another person to make a false statement on a
registration application.
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony
[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
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.