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| 1 | 1 | 85R5811 ATP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Zedler H.B. No. 1054 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the offense of retaliation against a presidential | |
| 8 | 8 | elector. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 276.001(a), Election Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) A person commits an offense if, in retaliation against a | |
| 13 | 13 | voter, including a presidential elector, who has voted for or | |
| 14 | 14 | against a candidate or measure or a voter who has refused to reveal | |
| 15 | 15 | how the voter voted, the person knowingly: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) harms or threatens to harm the voter by an unlawful | |
| 17 | 17 | act; or | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) with respect to a voter over whom the person has | |
| 19 | 19 | authority in the scope of employment, subjects or threatens to | |
| 20 | 20 | subject the voter to a loss or reduction of wages or another benefit | |
| 21 | 21 | of employment. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |