82R13707 JRH-F By: Price H.B. No. 2959 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 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 B misdemeanor. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.