Bill Text: TX HB3628 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the offense of unacknowledged assistance to a voter in completing an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-23 - Referred to Elections [HB3628 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3628-Introduced.html
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By: Aliseda | H.B. No. 3628 |
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relating to the offense of unacknowledged assistance to a voter in | ||
completing an application for a ballot to be voted by mail. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 84.003(b), (c), and (d), Election Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A person who acts as a witness for an applicant for an | ||
early voting ballot application commits an offense if the person | ||
knowingly fails to comply with Section 1.011. A person who [ |
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completing an early voting ballot application commits an offense if | ||
the person knowingly fails to comply with Section 1.011(d) in the | ||
same manner as a witness. | ||
(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third | ||
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(d) Subsection (b) does not apply if: | ||
(1) the person is related to the applicant within the | ||
second degree by affinity or the third degree by consanguinity, as | ||
determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code, or is | ||
registered to vote at the same address as the applicant; or | ||
(2) the person provides the applicant with a blank | ||
application form for the applicant to complete and the person does | ||
not provide on the form any information particular to that | ||
applicant. | ||
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 | ||
covered 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. |