82R10438 SLB-D
By: Aliseda H.B. No. 3464
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 state jail felony
[Class B misdemeanor].
SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
before the effective date.
(b) 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.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.