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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exception to the application of the offense of |
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illegal voting. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 64.012, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) It is an exception to the application of Subsection |
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(a)(1) that the person: |
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(1) voted or attempted to vote a provisional ballot in |
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accordance with Section 63.011; and |
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(2) did not know: |
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(A) of the particular circumstances that made the |
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person not eligible to vote in the election; or |
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(B) that those circumstances made the person not |
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eligible to vote in the election. |
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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 on the date the offense was committed, |
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and 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 January 1, 2022. |