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| 1 | 1 | 89R1602 MAW-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hughes S.B. No. 1187 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to an unauthorized vote by a delegate or alternate | |
| 10 | 10 | delegate to a federal Article V convention; creating a criminal | |
| 11 | 11 | offense. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 393, Government Code, is | |
| 14 | 14 | amended by adding Section 393.1035 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | Sec. 393.1035. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A delegate or | |
| 16 | 16 | alternate delegate commits an offense if the delegate or alternate | |
| 17 | 17 | delegate knowingly casts an unauthorized vote. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony. | |
| 19 | 19 | (c) A judge granting community supervision to a defendant | |
| 20 | 20 | convicted of an offense under this section shall require as a | |
| 21 | 21 | condition of community supervision that the defendant submit to not | |
| 22 | 22 | less than 10 days of confinement in county jail. If a sentence of | |
| 23 | 23 | confinement is imposed on the revocation of community supervision, | |
| 24 | 24 | the term of confinement served under this subsection may not be | |
| 25 | 25 | credited toward completion of the sentence imposed. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |