H.B. No. 1570
AN ACT
relating to training for deputy voter registrars.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.006, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A regular deputy registrar may not assist in the
registration of voters until the deputy registrar has completed
training developed under Section 13.047. At the time of
appointment, the voter registrar shall provide information about
the times and places at which training is offered.
SECTION 2. Section 13.031, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A volunteer deputy registrar appointed under this
section may not receive another person's registration application
until the deputy registrar has completed training developed under
Section 13.047. At the time of appointment, the voter registrar
shall provide information about the times and places at which
training is offered.
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 13, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 13.047 to read as follows:
Sec. 13.047. TRAINING STANDARDS FOR DEPUTY REGISTRARS. (a)
The secretary of state shall:
(1) adopt standards of training in election law
relating to the registration of voters;
(2) develop materials for a standardized curriculum
for that training; and
(3) distribute the materials as necessary to each
county voter registrar.
(b) The training standards may include the passage of an
examination at the end of a training program.
SECTION 4. The secretary of state shall adopt training
standards under Section 13.047, Election Code, as added by this
Act, not later than January 1, 2012.
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a deputy voter registrar appointed on or after the date the
secretary of state adopts training standards under Section 13.047,
Election Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1570 was passed by the House on April
7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1570 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0
.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor