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	Amend HB 218 by striking all below the enacting clause and 
substituting the following: 
	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is 
amended by adding Section 31.012 to read as follows:
	Sec. 31.012. ELECTION INTEGRITY TRAINING. The secretary of 
state shall annually conduct, in at least four different geographic 
regions of the state, election integrity training for election 
officers, law enforcement personnel, and prosecutors in detecting, 
investigating, and prosecuting instances of vote fraud in which a 
person impersonates another person for the purposes of voting.
	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 273, Election Code, is 
amended by adding Sections 273.005 and 273.006 to read as follows:
	Sec. 273.005. ELECTION INTEGRITY TASK FORCE. Each district 
attorney or criminal district attorney in this state shall create 
an election integrity task force to investigate and prosecute 
instances of vote fraud in which a person impersonates another 
person for the purposes of voting.
	Sec. 273.006. POST ELECTION INTEGRITY AUDIT. (a) Following 
the general election for state and county officers, the county 
clerk of each county shall conduct a post-election integrity audit 
to examine and investigate any evidence of vote fraud in which a 
person impersonates another person for the purposes of voting.
	(b) The county clerk shall:                                             
		(1) not later than the 90th day after the date of the 
general election for state and county officers, file a report with 
the secretary of state and the commissioners court of the county 
providing details of the evidence collected in the audit; and
		(2) refer any evidence of vote fraud collected under the 
audit to the district or criminal district attorney with 
jurisdiction in the county.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.