Bill Text: TX SB1633 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to criminal conduct in connection with an election.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1633 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1633-Introduced.html
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By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 1633 |
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relating to criminal conduct in connection with an election. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 20, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Article 20.014 to read as follows: | ||
Art. 20.014. RECORDING OF CERTAIN GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS | ||
INVOLVING CRIMINAL CONDUCT IN CONNECTION WITH AN ELECTION. (a) The | ||
entire grand jury proceeding shall be recorded either by a | ||
stenographer or by use of an electronic device capable of recording | ||
sound if the person is suspected or accused of committing an offense | ||
under the Election Code. | ||
(b) A disclosure of a record made under Subsection (a) or a | ||
disclosure of a typewritten transcription of that record shall be | ||
made public if the grand jury finds no bill of indictment. | ||
SECTION 2. Article 20.02(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Article 20.014, the [ |
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proceedings of the grand jury shall be secret. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 15.028, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 15.028. NOTICE OF UNLAWFUL VOTING TO PROSECUTOR. | ||
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registered voter voted in an election, the registrar shall execute | ||
and deliver an affidavit stating the relevant facts to: | ||
(1) the county or district attorney having | ||
jurisdiction in the territory covered by the election; and | ||
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attorney general. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 273.001(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) If two or more registered voters of the territory | ||
covered by an election present affidavits alleging criminal conduct | ||
in connection with the election to the county or district attorney | ||
having jurisdiction in that territory or to the attorney general, | ||
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SECTION 5. This Act applies only to a grand jury whose term | ||
commences on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |