Bill Text: TX HB2619 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to imposing a civil penalty for a violation of the Election Code.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Elections [HB2619 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2619-Introduced.html

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88R233 TSS-D
By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 2619

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to imposing a civil penalty for a violation of the Election
Code.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 273, Election Code, is amended by adding
Subchapter F to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER F. CIVIL PENALTY
Sec. 273.101. CIVIL PENALTY. (a) In addition to any other
applicable civil or criminal penalty, a person who commits an
offense prescribed by the election laws of this state is liable to
this state for a civil penalty. The attorney general may bring an
action to recover a civil penalty imposed under this section.
(b) Unless otherwise provided by a provision of this code, a
civil penalty imposed under this section shall be not less than
$100,000.
(c) A civil penalty collected by the attorney general under
this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit
of the general revenue fund.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.