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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the elements of the offense of 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(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person: |
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(1) votes or attempts to vote in an election if [in |
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which] the person knows: |
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(A) of particular circumstances that make the |
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person [is] not eligible to vote in the election; and |
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(B) that those circumstances make the person not |
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eligible to vote in the election; |
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(2) knowingly votes or attempts to vote more than once |
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in an election; |
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(3) knowingly votes or attempts to vote a ballot |
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belonging to another person, or by impersonating another person; or |
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(4) knowingly marks or attempts to mark any portion of |
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another person's ballot without the consent of that person, or |
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without specific direction from that person how to mark the ballot. |
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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 September 1, 2021. |