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AN ACT
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relating to tampering with a direct recording electronic voting  | 
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machine. | 
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       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
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       SECTION 1.  Section 33.05, Penal Code, is amended by adding  | 
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Subsection (f) to read as follows: | 
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       (f)  With the consent of the appropriate local county or  | 
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district attorney, the attorney general has concurrent  | 
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jurisdiction with that consenting local prosecutor to investigate  | 
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or prosecute an offense under this section. | 
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       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. | 
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   President of the Senate | 
Speaker of the House      | 
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       I hereby certify that S.B. No. 927 passed the Senate on  | 
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April 2, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
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Secretary of the Senate     | 
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       I hereby certify that S.B. No. 927 passed the House on  | 
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May 26, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 7, one  | 
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present not voting. | 
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Chief Clerk of the House    | 
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Approved: | 
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