Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 2 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of ARTICLE 2 accordingly:

SECTION 2.____.  Section 13.007, Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 13.007.  FALSE STATEMENT ON APPLICATION. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:

(1)  makes a false statement on a registration application; or

(2)  requests, commands, coerces, or attempts to induce another person to make a false statement on a registration application.

(b)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, except that an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor if the person:

(2)  solicits, receives, or accepts compensation or other benefit for activity described by Subsection (a).

(c)  If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both [For purposes of this code, an offense under this section is considered to be perjury, but may be prosecuted only under this section].