TITLE: Relating to the penalty for failing to deliver a voter registration application to the voter registrar.

SUMMARY: Relating to the penalty for failing to deliver a voter registration application to the voter registrar.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the penalty for failing to deliver a voter registration application to the voter registrar. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 13.043(b) and (c), Election Code, are amended to read as follows: (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this section is a Class A [C] misdemeanor. (c) An offense under this section is a state jail felony [Class A misdemeanor] if the deputy's failure to comply is intentional. 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 governed 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.