| 1 | 1 | | 81R401 ATP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Sheffield H.B. No. 573 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a person's eligibility for appointment as a volunteer |
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| 8 | 8 | | deputy voter registrar. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 13.031(d), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (d) To be eligible for appointment as a volunteer deputy |
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| 13 | 13 | | registrar, a person must: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) be a qualified voter; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) not have been finally convicted of an offense |
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| 16 | 16 | | under Section 32.51, Penal Code [18 years of age or older]. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Section 13.033(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 18 | 18 | | read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) If a person is to be appointed, the registrar shall |
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| 20 | 20 | | prepare a certificate of appointment in duplicate containing: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) the date of appointment; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) the statement: "I, _____________, Voter Registrar |
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| 23 | 23 | | for _____________ County, do hereby appoint _______________ as a |
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| 24 | 24 | | volunteer deputy registrar for _____________ County."; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) the person's residence address; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (4) the person's voter registration number, if any; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (5) a statement that the term of the appointment |
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| 28 | 28 | | expires December 31 of an even-numbered year; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (6) a statement that the appointment: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (A) terminates on the person's final conviction |
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| 31 | 31 | | for an offense: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (i) for failure to deliver a registration |
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| 33 | 33 | | application; or |
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| 34 | 34 | | (ii) under Section 32.51, Penal Code; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (B) may terminate on the registrar's |
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| 36 | 36 | | determination that the person failed to adequately review a |
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| 37 | 37 | | registration application. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. Section 13.036(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 39 | 39 | | read as follows: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (a) An appointment as a volunteer deputy registrar is |
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| 41 | 41 | | terminated on: |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) the expiration of the volunteer deputy's term of |
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| 43 | 43 | | appointment; or |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) the final conviction of the volunteer deputy for |
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| 45 | 45 | | an offense prescribed by Section 13.043 of this code or Section |
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| 46 | 46 | | 32.51, Penal Code. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 48 | 48 | | to the appointment of a volunteer deputy voter registrar on or after |
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| 49 | 49 | | the effective date of this Act. The appointment of a volunteer |
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| 50 | 50 | | deputy voter registrar before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 51 | 51 | | governed by the law in effect when the registrar was appointed, and |
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| 52 | 52 | | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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