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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="16-701" title_number="16" title_name="Offenses and Penalties" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Election Records and Documents">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person with custody of election records may not willfully and knowingly:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>destroy, deface, falsify, remove, or conceal any record related to voting;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>make a fraudulent entry or alteration, or permit another person to make a fraudulent entry or alteration, of any record related to voting; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>allow any other person to do the acts prohibited in items (1) and (2) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Any person who does not have custody over election items may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>do an act prohibited by subsection (a) of this section; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>advise, procure, or abet the commission of an act prohibited by subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section does not apply to the disposition of obsolete records in the ordinary course of the operation of the State Board or a local board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Each violation of this section is a separate offense.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment for not less than 1 year nor more than 10 years.</text>
  </level>
</section>
