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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility requirements of election judges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 32.051(a) and (b), Election Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) [or (e)], to be |
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eligible to serve as a judge of an election precinct, a person must: |
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(1) be a qualified voter of the precinct; and |
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(2) for a regular county election precinct for which |
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an appointment is made by the commissioners court, satisfy any |
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additional eligibility requirements prescribed by written order of |
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the commissioners court. |
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(b) If the authority making an [emergency] appointment of a |
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presiding judge or alternate presiding judge cannot find an |
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eligible qualified voter of the precinct who is willing to accept |
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the appointment, the eligibility requirement for a clerk prescribed |
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by Subsection (c) applies. |
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SECTION 2. Section 32.051(e), Election Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an election judge or clerk appointed for an election ordered on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |