Bill Text: TX HB1269 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility requirements of deputy voter registrars.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
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. | ||
