Bill Text: TX HB2589 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Relating to the distribution and delivery of voter registration applications by volunteer deputy registrars; providing criminal penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-13 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2589 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB2589-Engrossed.html
 
 
  By: Pena H.B. No. 2589
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the distribution and delivery of voter registration
  applications by volunteer deputy registrars; providing criminal
  penalties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1. 
   Section 13.038, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 13.038.  POWERS GENERALLY; OFFENSE. (a) A volunteer
  deputy registrar may distribute voter registration application
  forms throughout the county and receive registration applications
  submitted to the deputy in person.
         (b)  A volunteer deputy registrar commits an offense if the
  volunteer deputy distributes a voter registration application form
  to a person the volunteer deputy knows is ineligible to register to
  vote under Section 13.001. An offense under this subsection is a
  state jail felony.
         SECTION 2.  Section 13.043, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 13.043.  FAILURE TO CONDUCT APPOINTED DUTIES [DELIVER
  APPLICATION]. (a) A volunteer deputy registrar commits an offense
  if the deputy fails to cause the proper and timely delivery of a
  completed voter registration application as required by [comply
  with] Section 13.042.
         (a-1)  A volunteer deputy registrar commits an offense if the
  volunteer deputy knowingly causes a voter registration application
  containing false information to be delivered to the registrar.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under
  Subsection (a) [this section] is a Class C misdemeanor.
         (c)  An offense under Subsection (a) [this section] is a
  Class A misdemeanor if the deputy's failure to comply is
  intentional.
         (d)  An offense under Subsection (a-1) is a state jail
  felony.
         SECTION 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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