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      87(3) HB 136 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
		By:  Middleton
            H.B.  No.  136
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to certain criminal offenses related to elections; 
         
            increasing a criminal penalty.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 64.012(b), Election Code, as amended by 
         
            Senate Bill 1 of the Second Called Session of the 87th Legislature, 
         
            is amended to read as follows:
         
                          (b)    An offense under this section is a felony of the second 
         
            degree unless the person is convicted of an attempt.  In that case, 
         
            the offense is a state jail felony [Class A misdemeanor].
         
                          SECTION  2.    The changes in law made by this Act apply only to 
         
            an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.   An 
         
            offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed 
         
            by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former 
         
            law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this 
         
            section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this 
         
            Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
         
                          SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
         
            a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
         
            provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
         
            Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
         
            Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 
         
            legislative session.



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to certain criminal offenses related to elections;
	increasing a criminal penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 64.012(b), Election Code, as amended by
	Senate Bill 1 of the Second Called Session of the 87th Legislature,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second
	degree unless the person is convicted of an attempt. In that case,
	the offense is a state jail felony [~~Class A misdemeanor~~].
	SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
	offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
	by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former
	law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
	section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
	Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
	legislative session.