By: Lozano, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Burton) H.B. No. 621
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2015;
May 7, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the termination of a volunteer deputy registrar
appointment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.033(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) If a person is to be appointed, the registrar shall
prepare a certificate of appointment in duplicate containing:
(1) the date of appointment;
(2) the statement: "I, ____________, Voter Registrar
for ____________ County, do hereby appoint ____________ as a
volunteer deputy registrar for ____________ County.";
(3) the person's residence address;
(4) the person's voter registration number, if any;
(5) a statement that the term of the appointment
expires December 31 of an even-numbered year; and
(6) a statement that the appointment terminates on the
person's final conviction for an offense for failure to deliver a
registration application and may terminate on the registrar's
determination that the person failed to adequately review a
registration application, intentionally destroyed or physically
altered a registration application, or engaged in any other
activity that conflicts with the responsibilities of a volunteer
deputy registrar under this chapter.
SECTION 2. Section 13.036(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The registrar may terminate the appointment of a
volunteer deputy registrar on a determination by the registrar that
the volunteer deputy:
(1) failed to adequately review a registration
application as required by Section 13.039;
(2) intentionally destroyed or physically altered a
registration application; or
(3) engaged in any other activity that conflicts with
the responsibilities of a volunteer deputy registrar under this
chapter.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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