82R10517 ATP-D
By: Aliseda H.B. No. 2612
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notification to the attorney general regarding
allegations of criminal conduct in connection with an election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 273.001, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) If a county or district attorney does not initiate
prosecution in response to an affidavit received under Subsection
(a) or as described by Subsection (c) on or before the 60th day
after the date the county or district attorney receives the
affidavit, the county or district attorney shall notify the
attorney general in writing of the allegations.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.