Bill Text: TX HB2959 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the required transfer of records to a new county chair of a political party; providing a penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2959 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB2959-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 2959

AN ACT
relating to the required transfer of records to a new county chair
of a political party; providing a penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 171.028, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
(c) A person commits an offense if the person fails to
transfer records as required by Subsection (a).
(d) An offense under Subsection (c) is a Class C
misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2959 was passed by the House on April
21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2959 on May 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2959 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor