Bill Text: TX SB511 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the termination of a volunteer deputy registrar appointment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-11 - Referred to State Affairs [SB511 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB511-Introduced.html

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84R3109 SRS-F
By: Burton S.B. No. 511

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the termination of a volunteer deputy registrar
appointment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.033(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) If a person is to be appointed, the registrar shall
prepare a certificate of appointment in duplicate containing:
(1) the date of appointment;
(2) the statement: "I, ____________, Voter Registrar
for ____________ County, do hereby appoint ____________ as a
volunteer deputy registrar for ____________ County.";
(3) the person's residence address;
(4) the person's voter registration number, if any;
(5) a statement that the term of the appointment
expires December 31 of an even-numbered year; and
(6) a statement that the appointment terminates on the
person's final conviction for an offense for failure to deliver a
registration application and may terminate on the registrar's
determination that the person failed to adequately review a
registration application or engaged in any other activity that the
registrar considers a violation of the responsibilities of a
volunteer deputy registrar under this chapter.
SECTION 2. Section 13.036(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The registrar may terminate the appointment of a
volunteer deputy registrar on a determination by the registrar that
the volunteer deputy:
(1) failed to adequately review a registration
application as required by Section 13.039; or
(2) engaged in any other activity that the registrar
considers a violation of the responsibilities of a volunteer deputy
registrar under this chapter.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.