Tex. Elec. Code § 13.008 · Subchapter A. ELIGIBILITY; MANNER OF APPLYING FOR REGISTRATION
PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION FOR REGISTERING VOTERS PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1002 (H.B. 2194), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.13.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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