Tex. Elec. Code § 162.011 · Chapter 162. REGULATING PARTICIPATION IN PARTY AFFAIRS
PRESENTATION OF FALSE EVIDENCE OF AFFILIATION PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if for the purpose of participating in a political party's convention or other party meeting or event the person presents to a party official:
(1) an affiliation certificate that the person knows was not issued in compliance with this chapter; or
(2) a voter registration certificate with a party affiliation stamp that the person knows was not obtained in compliance with this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1054 (H.B. 3102), Sec. 4, eff. June 14, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.162.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 d4f91d5df66ca85af1eb8de3d0bf6bb8372ca2e82dd7da9b0bd6294ddb1c3683
- Composed by
- 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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