Bill Text: TX HB3682 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to election fraud; increasing a penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-19 - Referred to Elections [HB3682 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3682-Introduced.html
86R13522 SRS-D | ||
By: Middleton | H.B. No. 3682 |
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relating to election fraud; increasing a penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 276.013(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony | ||
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies 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 on the date 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 September 1, 2019. |