Bill Text: TX HB804 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the offense of illegal voting by a person who is not a United States citizen.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 23-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-16 - Referred to State Affairs [HB804 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB804-Engrossed.html
| By: Lewis, Aliseda, Branch, Harless, Pena, | H.B. No. 804 | |
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| relating to the offense of illegal voting by a person who is not a | ||
| United States citizen. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 64, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 64.013 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 64.013. ILLEGAL VOTING BY PERSON WHO IS NOT UNITED | ||
| STATES CITIZEN. (a) A person commits an offense if the person is | ||
| not a citizen of the United States and the person votes or attempts | ||
| to vote in an election in this state. | ||
| (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. | ||
| (c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution for an | ||
| offense under this section that the person believed in good faith | ||
| that the person was a citizen of the United States. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
