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| 1 | 1 | 82R11833 ATP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Lewis H.B. No. 804 | |
| 3 | 3 | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 804: | |
| 4 | 4 | By: Cook C.S.H.B. No. 804 | |
| 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the offense of illegal voting by a person who is not a | |
| 10 | 10 | United States citizen. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 64, Election Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Section 64.013 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 64.013. ILLEGAL VOTING BY PERSON WHO IS NOT UNITED | |
| 15 | 15 | STATES CITIZEN. (a) A person commits an offense if the person is | |
| 16 | 16 | not a citizen of the United States and the person votes or attempts | |
| 17 | 17 | to vote in an election in this state. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third | |
| 19 | 19 | degree. | |
| 20 | 20 | (c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution for an | |
| 21 | 21 | offense under this section that the person believed in good faith | |
| 22 | 22 | that the person was a citizen of the United States. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |