Bill Text: TX HB2058 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the offense of unacknowledged assistance to a voter in completing an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-03 - Considered in Calendars [HB2058 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2058-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Pena, Aliseda, Torres, | H.B. No. 2058 | |
Gonzales of Williamson, Garza |
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relating to the offense of unacknowledged assistance to a voter in | ||
completing an application for a ballot to be voted by mail. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 84.003(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) A person who acts as a witness for an applicant for an | ||
early voting ballot application commits an offense if the person | ||
knowingly fails to comply with Section 1.011. A person who [ |
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completing an early voting ballot application commits an offense if | ||
the person knowingly fails to comply with Section 1.011(d) in the | ||
same manner as a witness. | ||
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 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 September 1, 2011. |