By: Parker	S.B. No. 2208
	(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2023; March 22, 2023, read
	first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
	April 18, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7,
	Nays 3; April 18, 2023, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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.  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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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