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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.