Bill Text: TX HB3662 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the acceptance of a voter; creating an offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Elections [HB3662 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3662-Introduced.html
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By: Swanson | H.B. No. 3662 |
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relating to the acceptance of a voter; creating an offense. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 63.006, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) After the voter is accepted, an election officer shall[ |
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(1) that the voter was accepted under this section; | ||
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(2) the unique qualifying serial number provided by | ||
the county clerk or the voter registrar confirming the voter is | ||
currently registered [ |
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(c) The secretary of state shall adopt procedures for | ||
issuing a serial number as required under Subsection (b). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 63.012, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 63.012. UNLAWFULLY ACCEPTING OR REFUSING TO ACCEPT | ||
VOTER. (a) An election officer commits an offense if the officer | ||
knowingly: | ||
(1) permits an ineligible voter to vote other than as | ||
provided by Section 63.011; [ |
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(2) refuses to accept a person for voting whose | ||
acceptance is required by this code; or | ||
(3) permits an ineligible person to vote under Section | ||
63.006. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an [ |
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under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. | ||
(c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under | ||
Subsection (a)(3) that the election officer has committed three or | ||
more offenses under Subsection (a)(3), the offense is a state jail | ||
felony. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
63.012, Election Code, 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 at | ||
the time of the offense, 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |