81R8354 JRJ-D By: Anchia H.B. No. 1654 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the appointment of high school deputy registrars. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 13.046(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Each principal of a public or private high school [or the principal's designee] shall designate four people who are employees of the high school or employees of the district in which the high school is located and serving at the high school to serve as [a] deputy registrars [registrar] for the county in which the school is located. At least three of the employees designated as deputy registrars under this section must be classroom teachers or full-time counselors certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.