Bill Text: TX HB2956 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the appointment and training of volunteer deputy registrars.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-11 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB2956 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2956-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Klick | H.B. No. 2956 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2956: | |||
| By: Schofield | C.S.H.B. No. 2956 | ||
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| relating to the appointment and training of volunteer deputy | ||
| registrars. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 13, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 13.048 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 13.048. OPTIONAL PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTMENT OF | ||
| VOLUNTEER DEPUTY REGISTRAR; PROVISION OF TRAINING MATERIALS ON | ||
| SECRETARY OF STATE WEBSITE. (a) A county may adopt a method of | ||
| appointment for volunteer deputy registrars under this section that | ||
| provides for the training and examination of potential volunteer | ||
| deputy registrars. | ||
| (b) For the purposes of this section, the secretary of state | ||
| shall: | ||
| (1) provide on the secretary of state's website the | ||
| training materials prescribed by the secretary of state under | ||
| Section 13.047 for volunteer deputy registrars; and | ||
| (2) prescribe and make available on the secretary of | ||
| state's website an examination based on those materials. | ||
| (c) A county that has adopted the method under this section: | ||
| (1) shall administer the required examination to a | ||
| potential volunteer deputy registrar at any time during the county | ||
| voter registrar's regular business hours; and | ||
| (2) is not required to hold in-person training | ||
| sessions for potential volunteer deputy registrars. | ||
| (d) At the time a person satisfactorily completes the | ||
| examination in compliance with standards adopted by the secretary | ||
| of state, the registrar shall appoint the person as a volunteer | ||
| deputy registrar and advise the person: | ||
| (1) of county-specific procedures for processing | ||
| voter registration applications, if applicable; and | ||
| (2) that the only requirements for voter registration | ||
| are those prescribed by state law or by the secretary of state. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
