Bill Text: TX HB2124 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to renewal of an appointment as a volunteer deputy registrar.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-26 - Co-sponsor authorized [HB2124 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2124-Introduced.html
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| By: Vo | H.B. No. 2124 | |
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| relating to renewal of an appointment as a volunteer deputy | ||
| registrar. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 13, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 13.0315 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 13.0315. RENEWAL OF APPOINTMENT. (a) The registrar | ||
| may, not later than November 30 of an even-numbered year, deliver | ||
| notice to each volunteer deputy registrar in the county that the | ||
| volunteer deputy registrar's term of appointment expires on | ||
| December 31 of that year. Notice may be delivered by mail or by | ||
| e-mail. | ||
| (b) Notice delivered under this section must be accompanied | ||
| by: | ||
| (1) a renewal application, in a form determined by the | ||
| registrar; and | ||
| (2) information about any changes in election law that | ||
| are relevant to the role of volunteer deputy registrar and that have | ||
| occurred during the person's term of appointment. | ||
| (c) The registrar shall immediately appoint a volunteer | ||
| deputy registrar to a new term beginning on the next January 1 if | ||
| the volunteer deputy registrar: | ||
| (1) signs the renewal application and returns it to | ||
| the registrar before the volunteer deputy registrar's term expires; | ||
| (2) signs an affidavit confirming the person has read | ||
| and understood any information provided under Subsection (b)(2), if | ||
| applicable; and | ||
| (3) remains eligible for appointment as a volunteer | ||
| deputy registrar under Section 13.031(d). | ||
| (d) A volunteer deputy registrar appointed to a new term | ||
| under this section is not required to attend training developed | ||
| under Section 13.047 unless the person has failed to comply with any | ||
| requirement imposed on a volunteer deputy registrar under this | ||
| subchapter or other law. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
