81R5590 ATP-D
By: Duncan S.B. No. 1134
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority for certain high school students to serve
as election clerks.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.087(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) A school district shall excuse a student from attending
school for:
(1) the following purposes, including travel for those
purposes:
(A) observing religious holy days; or
(B) attending a required court appearance; [or]
(2) a temporary absence resulting from health care
professionals if that student commences classes or returns to
school on the same day of the appointment; or
(3) the purpose of serving as an election clerk under
Chapter 32, Election Code.
SECTION 2. Section 32.051, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
follows:
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (f), to [To] be
eligible to serve as a clerk of an election precinct, a person must
be a qualified voter:
(1) of the county, in a countywide election ordered by
the governor or a county authority or in a primary election;
(2) of the part of the county in which the election is
held, for an election ordered by the governor or a county authority
that does not cover the entire county of the person's residence; or
(3) of the political subdivision, in an election
ordered by an authority of a political subdivision other than a
county.
(f) A person who is 16 years of age or older, a United States
citizen, and a student of good standing at a public or private
secondary school may be an election clerk. The county clerk or
elections administrator of a county in which a student will serve as
an election clerk as provided by this section shall work with the
county's secondary schools to identify students eligible to serve
as clerks under this section. Not more than two clerks eligible
under this section may serve at a polling place, except that not
more than four clerks eligible under this section may serve at any
countywide polling place.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.