82R10449 DRH-D
 
  By: Pena H.B. No. 2058
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the offense of unacknowledged assistance to a voter in
  completing an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 84.003(b), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A person who acts as a witness for an applicant for an
  early voting ballot application commits an offense if the person
  knowingly fails to comply with Section 1.011. A person who [in the
  presence of the applicant] otherwise assists an applicant in
  completing an early voting ballot application commits an offense if
  the person knowingly fails to comply with Section 1.011(d) in the
  same manner as a witness.
         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 when 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 September 1, 2011.