| 1 | 1 | | 84R3109 SRS-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Burton S.B. No. 511 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the termination of a volunteer deputy registrar |
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| 8 | 8 | | appointment. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 13.033(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) If a person is to be appointed, the registrar shall |
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| 13 | 13 | | prepare a certificate of appointment in duplicate containing: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) the date of appointment; |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) the statement: "I, ____________, Voter Registrar |
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| 16 | 16 | | for ____________ County, do hereby appoint ____________ as a |
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| 17 | 17 | | volunteer deputy registrar for ____________ County."; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) the person's residence address; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (4) the person's voter registration number, if any; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (5) a statement that the term of the appointment |
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| 21 | 21 | | expires December 31 of an even-numbered year; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (6) a statement that the appointment terminates on the |
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| 23 | 23 | | person's final conviction for an offense for failure to deliver a |
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| 24 | 24 | | registration application and may terminate on the registrar's |
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| 25 | 25 | | determination that the person failed to adequately review a |
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| 26 | 26 | | registration application or engaged in any other activity that the |
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| 27 | 27 | | registrar considers a violation of the responsibilities of a |
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| 28 | 28 | | volunteer deputy registrar under this chapter. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Section 13.036(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 30 | 30 | | read as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) The registrar may terminate the appointment of a |
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| 32 | 32 | | volunteer deputy registrar on a determination by the registrar that |
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| 33 | 33 | | the volunteer deputy: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) failed to adequately review a registration |
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| 35 | 35 | | application as required by Section 13.039; or |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) engaged in any other activity that the registrar |
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| 37 | 37 | | considers a violation of the responsibilities of a volunteer deputy |
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| 38 | 38 | | registrar under this chapter. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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