H.B. No. 2149




AN ACT

relating to notice of, and disclosure of information about, an 
investigation of criminal conduct in connection with an election.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 273.001, Election Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  Not later than the 30th day after the date on which a 
county or district attorney begins an investigation under this 
section, the county or district attorney shall deliver notice of 
the investigation to the secretary of state.  The notice must 
include a statement that a criminal investigation is being 
conducted and the date on which the election that is the subject of 
the investigation was held.  The secretary of state may disclose 
information relating to a criminal investigation received under 
this subsection only if the county or district attorney has 
disclosed the information or would be required by law to disclose 
the information.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2149 was passed by the House on April 
25, 2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2149 was passed by the Senate on May 
28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor