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| 1 | 1 | 85R10807 ADM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Shaheen H.B. No. 1797 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the offense of unacknowledged assistance to a voter in | |
| 8 | 8 | completing an application for a ballot to be voted by mail. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 84.003(b), Election Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b) A person who acts as a witness for an applicant for an | |
| 13 | 13 | early voting ballot application commits an offense if the person | |
| 14 | 14 | knowingly fails to comply with Section 1.011. A person who [in the | |
| 15 | 15 | presence of the applicant] otherwise assists an applicant in | |
| 16 | 16 | completing an early voting ballot application commits an offense if | |
| 17 | 17 | the person knowingly fails to comply with Section 1.011(d) in the | |
| 18 | 18 | same manner as a witness. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 20 | 20 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 21 | 21 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 22 | 22 | governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and | |
| 23 | 23 | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 24 | 24 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 25 | 25 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | |
| 26 | 26 | before that date. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |