82R10515 DRH-F
By: Pena, Garza, Aliseda, Torres, Margo H.B. No. 3055
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the penalty for providing false information on an
application for a ballot to be voted by mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 84.0041(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony
[unless the person is the applicant, is related to the applicant
within the second degree by affinity or the third degree by
consanguinity, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573,
Government Code, or is registered to vote at the same address as the
applicant, in which event the offense is a Class A 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.