Bill Text: TX HB3055 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the penalty for providing false information on an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-12 - Postponed [HB3055 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3055-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Pena, Garza, Aliseda, Torres, Margo | H.B. No. 3055 |
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relating to the penalty for providing false information on an | ||
application for a ballot to be voted by mail. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 84.0041(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 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. |