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By: Aliseda, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) |
H.B. No. 2449 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 16, 2011; |
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May 16, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 21, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 5, Nays 3; May 21, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the illegal possession of another person's ballot to be |
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voted by mail. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 86.006, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows: |
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(g-1) When ballots or carrier envelopes are obtained in |
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violation of this section pursuant to one scheme or continuing |
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course of conduct, whether from the same or several sources, the |
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conduct may be considered as one offense and the number of ballots |
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or carrier envelopes aggregated in determining the grade of the |
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offense. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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