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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of criminal offenses involving elections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 276, Election Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 276.014 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 276.014. OTHER ELECTION OFFENSES. (a) A person |
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commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally makes |
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any effort to: |
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(1) count votes the person knows are invalid or alter a |
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report to include votes the person knows are invalid; or |
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(2) refuse to count votes the person knows are valid or |
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alter a report to exclude votes the person knows are valid. |
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(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second |
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degree. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 574 was passed by the House on April |
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16, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 95, Nays 49, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 574 on May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 94, Nays 48, 1 |
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present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 574 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 12, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |