Bill Text: TX HB252 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to election fraud; increasing a penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-12 - Filed [HB252 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB252-Introduced.html
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| By: Leach | H.B. No. 252 | |
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| relating to election fraud; increasing a penalty. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 276.013(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony | ||
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| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
| purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
| effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
| before that date. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
