82R7689 JRJ-F
By: Flynn H.B. No. 1627
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility requirements of election judges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 32.051(a) and (b), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) [or (e)], to be
eligible to serve as a judge of an election precinct, a person must:
(1) be a qualified voter of the precinct; and
(2) for a regular county election precinct for which
an appointment is made by the commissioners court, satisfy any
additional eligibility requirements prescribed by written order of
the commissioners court.
(b) If the authority making an [emergency] appointment of a
presiding judge or alternate presiding judge cannot find an
eligible qualified voter of the precinct who is willing to accept
the appointment, the eligibility requirement for a clerk prescribed
by Subsection (c) applies.
SECTION 2. Section 32.051(e), Election Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an election judge or clerk appointed for an election ordered on or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.