Bill Text: TX SB88 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for certain voting-related offenses committed or attempted by persons who are not citizens of the United States.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-19 - Filed [SB88 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB88-Introduced.html
By: Huffines | S.B. No. 88 | |
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relating to the punishment for certain voting-related offenses | ||
committed or attempted by persons who are not citizens of the United | ||
States. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 13.007(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, | ||
unless the person is not a citizen of the United States. In that | ||
case, the offense is a state jail felony. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 64.012, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an [ |
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under this section is a felony of the second degree [ |
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(c) If a person is convicted of an attempt to commit an | ||
offense under this section, the offense is: | ||
(1) a state jail felony, if the person is a citizen of | ||
the United States; or | ||
(2) a felony of the third degree, if the person is not | ||
a citizen of the United States. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 on the date 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 4. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |