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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the offense of retaliation against a presidential |
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elector. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 276.001(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if, in retaliation against a |
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voter, including a presidential elector, who has voted for or |
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against a candidate or measure or a voter who has refused to reveal |
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how the voter voted, the person knowingly: |
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(1) harms or threatens to harm the voter by an unlawful |
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act; or |
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(2) with respect to a voter over whom the person has |
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authority in the scope of employment, subjects or threatens to |
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subject the voter to a loss or reduction of wages or another benefit |
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of employment. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |