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| 1 | 1 | 82R7689 JRJ-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Flynn H.B. No. 1627 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the eligibility requirements of election judges. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Sections 32.051(a) and (b), Election Code, are | |
| 10 | 10 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) [or (e)], to be | |
| 12 | 12 | eligible to serve as a judge of an election precinct, a person must: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) be a qualified voter of the precinct; and | |
| 14 | 14 | (2) for a regular county election precinct for which | |
| 15 | 15 | an appointment is made by the commissioners court, satisfy any | |
| 16 | 16 | additional eligibility requirements prescribed by written order of | |
| 17 | 17 | the commissioners court. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) If the authority making an [emergency] appointment of a | |
| 19 | 19 | presiding judge or alternate presiding judge cannot find an | |
| 20 | 20 | eligible qualified voter of the precinct who is willing to accept | |
| 21 | 21 | the appointment, the eligibility requirement for a clerk prescribed | |
| 22 | 22 | by Subsection (c) applies. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. Section 32.051(e), Election Code, is repealed. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | |
| 25 | 25 | an election judge or clerk appointed for an election ordered on or | |
| 26 | 26 | after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |