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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to employee voting; creating an offense. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 276, Election Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 276.0041 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 276.0041. NOTICE OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS. (a) An employer |
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commits an offense if, during the 30 days before each statewide |
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election, the employer fails to post a notice setting forth |
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employees' rights under Section 276.004. |
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(b) A notice under this section must be posted conspicuously |
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at the employees' place of work or another location where it can be |
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seen as employees come or go to their place of work. |
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(c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies |
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only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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(b) For purposes of this section, an offense was committed |
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before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense |
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occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |