Bill Text: TX HB1269 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility requirements of deputy voter registrars.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-01 - Referred to Elections [HB1269 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1269-Introduced.html
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By: Murphy | H.B. No. 1269 |
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relating to the eligibility requirements of deputy voter | ||
registrars. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 12.006, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) The registrar may appoint one or more deputy registrars | ||
to assist in the registration of voters, subject to Subsection (e). | ||
(e) To be eligible for appointment as a regular deputy | ||
registrar under this section, a person must be a registered voter. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 13.031(d), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) To be eligible for appointment as a volunteer deputy | ||
registrar, a person must: | ||
(1) be 18 years of age or older; [ |
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(2) not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if | ||
so convicted, must have: | ||
(A) fully discharged the person's sentence, | ||
including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or | ||
completed a period of probation ordered by any court; or | ||
(B) been pardoned or otherwise released from the | ||
resulting disability to vote; and | ||
(3) be a registered voter. | ||
SECTION 3. The appointment of a person serving as a regular | ||
deputy registrar or volunteer deputy registrar who does not meet | ||
the eligibility requirements of Section 12.006 or 13.031, Election | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, expires on the effective date of this | ||
Act. The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures necessary | ||
to implement this section. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |