78R1401 JRJ-D
By: Madden H.B. No. 403
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the penalty for premature disclosure of voting results.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.007(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A [C]
misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by Section 1 of this
Act applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective
date of this Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is
committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of
the offense occurs before the effective date.
(b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.