78R6820 ATP-D


By:  Denny                                                        H.B. No. 2149



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to notice of 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.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.