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11 By: Ellis S.B. No. 722
22 (Johnson)
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to eligibility to serve as an interpreter in an election.
88 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
99 SECTION 1. Section 61.032, Election Code, is amended to
1010 read as follows:
1111 Sec. 61.032. INTERPRETER PERMITTED. If an election officer
1212 who attempts to communicate with a voter does not understand the
1313 language used by the voter, the voter may communicate through an
1414 interpreter selected by the voter or by the authority ordering the
1515 election.
1616 SECTION 2. Section 61.033, Election Code, is amended to
1717 read as follows:
1818 Sec. 61.033. ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS INTERPRETER. To be
1919 eligible to serve as an interpreter, a person:
2020 (1) if selected by the voter, may be any person other
2121 than the voter's employer, an agent of the voter's employer, or an
2222 officer or agent of a labor union to which the voter belongs; or
2323 (2) if appointed to serve as an interpreter by the
2424 authority ordering the election, must be a registered voter of the
2525 county in which the voter needing the interpreter resides or a
2626 registered voter of an adjacent county.
2727 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2828 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2929 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3030 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3131 Act takes effect September 1, 2013.