Bill Text: TX HB136 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain criminal offenses related to elections; increasing a criminal penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-04 - Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies [HB136 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB136-Introduced.html
| By: Middleton | H.B. No. 136 | |
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| 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 [ |
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| 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. | ||
