Amend SB 14 by striking below the enacting clause and adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION __. Subchapter A, Chapter 61, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 61.015 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.015. FRAUDULENT OR DECEPTIVE VOTING PRACTICES. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:
(1) impersonates or attempts to impersonate another person, or uses or attempts to use the identify of another person, for the purpose of voting in any election in this state.
(2) removes the name of an eligible voter from the list of registered voters or the poll list for the precinct;
(3) prevents the deposit in the ballot box of a marked and properly folded ballot that was provided at the polling place to the voter who is depositing it or for whom the deposit is attempted;
(4) provides false information to a voter about voting procedures, resulting in the voter:
(A) refraining from voting under a reasonable belief that the voter may not vote or that the procedures are intimidating or cumbersome; or
(B) otherwise being prevented from casting a ballot that may legally be counted;
(5) places restrictions on a voter's exercise of the right to vote that are not required by this code, resulting in the voter:
(A) refraining from voting under a reasonable belief that the voter may not vote; or
(B) otherwise being prevented from casting a ballot that may legally be counted; or
(6) impersonates a law enforcement officer or provides false information about law enforcement procedures for the purpose of intimidating voters regardless of whether the voter casts a vote.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the first degree.
SECTION __. Subsections 64.010(a)(2) and 64.012(a)(3), Election Code, are repealed.
SECTION __. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that date.
SECTION __. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.