Bill Text: TX HB5053 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the venue for the prosecution of an election offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 27-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB5053 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5053-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: DeAyala | H.B. No. 5053 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 5053: | |||
| By: Swanson | C.S.H.B. No. 5053 | ||
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| relating to the venue for the prosecution of an election offense. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Article 13.41 to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 13.41. ELECTION OFFENSES. (a) An offense classified | ||
| as a felony under the Election Code, or a felony offense otherwise | ||
| related to an election conducted in this state, may be prosecuted in | ||
| a judicial district adjoining the judicial district in which the | ||
| offense occurred. | ||
| (b) An offense classified as a misdemeanor under the | ||
| Election Code, or a misdemeanor offense otherwise related to an | ||
| election conducted in this state, may be prosecuted in a county | ||
| adjoining the county in which the offense occurred. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 273.024, Election Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a violation of law that occurs on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. A violation that occurs before the effective date of this | ||
| Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the violation | ||
| occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. For purposes of this section, a violation of law occurred | ||
| before the effective date of this Act if any element of the | ||
| violation occurred before that date. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
