89R2061 LRM-F     By: Bettencourt, et al. S.B. No. 507       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections;   creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 51.005, Election Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (d) to   read as follows:          (a)  The authority responsible for procuring the election   supplies for an election shall provide for each election precinct a   number of ballots equal to at least the percentage of voters who   voted in that precinct in the most recent corresponding election   plus 25 percent of that number.          (a-1)  The[, except that the] number of ballots provided may   not exceed the total number of registered voters in the precinct   unless the county participates in the countywide polling place   program under Section 43.007.          (d)  The authority responsible for procuring the election   supplies for an election commits an offense if the authority   intentionally fails to provide an election precinct with the   required number of ballots under this section. An offense under   this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.          SECTION 2.  Section 51.008, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:          (e)  The authority responsible for procuring the election   supplies for an election commits an offense if the authority   intentionally fails to promptly supplement the distributed ballots   upon request by a polling place. An offense under this subsection   is a Class A misdemeanor.          SECTION 3.  Section 51.010(c), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (c)  An offense under this section is a Class A [C]   misdemeanor.          SECTION 4.  Section 51.011(b), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony   [Class C misdemeanor].          SECTION 5.  Section 61.007(b), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony   [Class A misdemeanor].          SECTION 6.  The changes in law made by this Act to Sections   51.010, 51.011, and 61.007, Election Code, apply 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 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.