By Patterson S.B. No. 1085
75R3986 GGS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to punishments for certain criminal offenses under the
1-3 Election Code.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 13.007(b), Election Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
1-8 degree [Class B misdemeanor].
1-9 SECTION 2. Section 64.036(d), Election Code, is amended to
1-10 read as follows:
1-11 (d) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
1-12 degree [Class B misdemeanor].
1-13 SECTION 3. Section 84.004(e), Election Code, is amended to
1-14 read as follows:
1-15 (e) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
1-16 degree [Class B misdemeanor].
1-17 SECTION 4. Section 84.0041(b), Election Code, is amended to
1-18 read as follows:
1-19 (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
1-20 degree [Class B misdemeanor].
1-21 SECTION 5. (a) The changes in law made by this Act apply
1-22 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-23 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before
1-24 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
2-1 occurred before that date.
2-2 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
2-3 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
2-4 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-5 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-6 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
2-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.