88R233 TSS-D
 
  By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 2619
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to imposing a civil penalty for a violation of the Election
  Code.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 273, Election Code, is amended by adding
  Subchapter F to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER F.  CIVIL PENALTY
         Sec. 273.101.  CIVIL PENALTY. (a)  In addition to any other
  applicable civil or criminal penalty, a person who commits an
  offense prescribed by the election laws of this state is liable to
  this state for a civil penalty.  The attorney general may bring an
  action to recover a civil penalty imposed under this section.
         (b)  Unless otherwise provided by a provision of this code, a
  civil penalty imposed under this section shall be not less than
  $100,000.
         (c)  A civil penalty collected by the attorney general under
  this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit
  of the general revenue fund.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.