85R13289 JRJ-D
By: Swanson H.B. No. 3662
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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[:
[(1)] indicate beside the voter's name on the poll list:
(1) that the voter was accepted under this section;
and
(2) the unique qualifying serial number provided by
the county clerk or the voter registrar confirming the voter is
currently registered [enter the voter's name on the registration
omissions list].
(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; [or]
(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 [An] offense
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.