81R401 ATP-D
By: Sheffield H.B. No. 573
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a person's eligibility for appointment as a volunteer
deputy voter registrar.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.031(d), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) To be eligible for appointment as a volunteer deputy
registrar, a person must:
(1) be a qualified voter; and
(2) not have been finally convicted of an offense
under Section 32.51, Penal Code [18 years of age or older].
SECTION 2. Section 13.033(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) If a person is to be appointed, the registrar shall
prepare a certificate of appointment in duplicate containing:
(1) the date of appointment;
(2) the statement: "I, _____________, Voter Registrar
for _____________ County, do hereby appoint _______________ as a
volunteer deputy registrar for _____________ County.";
(3) the person's residence address;
(4) the person's voter registration number, if any;
(5) a statement that the term of the appointment
expires December 31 of an even-numbered year; and
(6) a statement that the appointment:
(A) terminates on the person's final conviction
for an offense:
(i) for failure to deliver a registration
application; or
(ii) under Section 32.51, Penal Code; and
(B) may terminate on the registrar's
determination that the person failed to adequately review a
registration application.
SECTION 3. Section 13.036(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) An appointment as a volunteer deputy registrar is
terminated on:
(1) the expiration of the volunteer deputy's term of
appointment; or
(2) the final conviction of the volunteer deputy for
an offense prescribed by Section 13.043 of this code or Section
32.51, Penal Code.
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the appointment of a volunteer deputy voter registrar on or after
the effective date of this Act. The appointment of a volunteer
deputy voter registrar before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect when the registrar was appointed, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.