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

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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-Introduced.html

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82R10393 JRH-F
By: Pena H.B. No. 2589

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the delivery of a voter registration application to the
registrar by a volunteer deputy registrar; providing a criminal
penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. 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 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.