Bill Text: TX HB1570 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to training for deputy voter registrars.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB1570 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1570-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1570 | ||
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| relating to training for deputy voter registrars. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 12.006, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) A regular deputy registrar may not assist in the | ||
| registration of voters until the deputy registrar has completed | ||
| training developed under Section 13.047. At the time of | ||
| appointment, the voter registrar shall provide information about | ||
| the times and places at which training is offered. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 13.031, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) A volunteer deputy registrar appointed under this | ||
| section may not receive another person's registration application | ||
| until the deputy registrar has completed training developed under | ||
| Section 13.047. At the time of appointment, the voter registrar | ||
| shall provide information about the times and places at which | ||
| training is offered. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 13, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 13.047 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 13.047. TRAINING STANDARDS FOR DEPUTY REGISTRARS. (a) | ||
| The secretary of state shall: | ||
| (1) adopt standards of training in election law | ||
| relating to the registration of voters; | ||
| (2) develop materials for a standardized curriculum | ||
| for that training; and | ||
| (3) distribute the materials as necessary to each | ||
| county voter registrar. | ||
| (b) The training standards may include the passage of an | ||
| examination at the end of a training program. | ||
| SECTION 4. The secretary of state shall adopt training | ||
| standards under Section 13.047, Election Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, not later than January 1, 2012. | ||
| SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a deputy voter registrar appointed on or after the date the | ||
| secretary of state adopts training standards under Section 13.047, | ||
| Election Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1570 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1570 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
