Bill Text: TX HB3057 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the distribution of voter registration applications by volunteer deputy registrars; creating an offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-17 - Referred to Elections [HB3057 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3057-Introduced.html
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| By: Pena | H.B. No. 3057 | |
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| relating to the distribution of voter registration applications by | ||
| volunteer deputy registrars; creating an offense. | ||
| 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
