TITLE: Relating to the offense of paying or receiving certain forms of compensation for facilitating the registration of voters; providing criminal penalties.

SUMMARY: Relating to the offense of paying or receiving certain forms of compensation for facilitating the registration of voters; providing criminal penalties.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the offense of paying or receiving certain forms of compensation for facilitating the registration of voters; providing criminal penalties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 13.008 to read as follows: Sec. 13.008. PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION FOR REGISTERING VOTERS PROHIBITED. (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) compensates another person based on the number of voter registrations that the other person successfully facilitates; (2) presents another person with a quota of voter registrations to facilitate as a condition of payment or employment; (3) engages in another practice that causes another person's compensation from or employment status with the person to be dependent on the number of voter registrations that the other person facilitates; or (4) accepts compensation for an activity described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3). (b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. (c) An officer, director, or other agent of an entity that commits an offense under this section is punishable for the offense. SECTION 2. Section 13.036(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) An appointment as a volunteer deputy registrar is terminated on: (1) the expiration of the volunteer deputy's term of appointment; or (2) the final conviction of the volunteer deputy for an offense prescribed by Section 13.008 or 13.043. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.