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H.B. No. 403
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 403 was passed by the House on March
28, 2003, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 403 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor