{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-31.171","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 31.171","heading":"CRIMINAL PENALTIES.","body":"A statute prescribing a criminal penalty against an officer of a participating entity or the officer's deputies or other employees for conduct relating to duties or functions transferred to the joint elections administrator applies to the administrator or to the administrator's deputies or employees as appropriate.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 148 (S.B. 493), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 3. ELECTION OFFICERS AND OBSERVERS","CHAPTER 31. OFFICERS TO ADMINISTER ELECTIONS","SUBCHAPTER F. JOINT ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.31.htm#31.171","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"4daf9811d7cf1989b531c25db816cbead0b895d4b010b21d2eca178502fc03dd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-31.170","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-32.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}