87R6977 BRG-D
 
  By: Bettencourt, et al. S.B. No. 1112
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to signature verification on an early voting ballot voted
  by mail; creating a criminal offense.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 87, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 87.0411 to read as follows:
         Sec. 87.0411.  SUSPENSION OF SIGNATURE VERIFICATION
  REQUIREMENT PROHIBITED. (a)  A county clerk, elections
  administrator, early voting clerk, or early voting ballot board may
  not suspend the requirement under Section 87.041(b)(2).
         (b)  A county clerk, elections administrator, or early
  voting clerk who violates this section commits an offense. An
  offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
         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 on the date 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, 2021.