Bill Text: TX HB138 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for committing certain offenses relating to elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-04 - Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies [HB138 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB138-Introduced.html
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| By: Hefner | H.B. No. 138 | |
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| relating to increasing the criminal penalty for committing certain | ||
| offenses relating to elections. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 64.012(b), Election Code, as effective | ||
| December 2, 2021, 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. Section 276.013(b), Election Code, as effective | ||
| December 2, 2021, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, | ||
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| the person's capacity as an elected official, in which case the | ||
| offense is a state jail felony[ |
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| SECTION 3. 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 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 4. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
