Bill Text: TX SB142 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the appointment and training of volunteer deputy registrars.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-20 - Effective immediately [SB142 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB142-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 142 | ||
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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 prescribed by the | ||
| secretary of state or developed by the county and approved by the | ||
| secretary of state 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 142 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2015, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 142 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 134, | ||
| Nays 10, two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
