By Madden H.B. No. 3416
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain election processes and procedures.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 16.0332, Election Code, is amended by
1-5 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-6 (d) During each month, the registrar shall post on the
1-7 bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings of the
1-8 commissioners court a list with the number of:
1-9 (1) voter registrations canceled;
1-10 (2) voter registrations reinstated; and
1-11 (3) registered voters excused or disqualified from
1-12 jury service.
1-13 SECTION 2. Section 31.039, Election Code, is amended by
1-14 adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows:
1-15 (g) The administrator shall select for employment full-time
1-16 employees for the administrator's office in accordance with
1-17 criteria developed in consultation with appropriate authorities.
1-18 (h) On the request of a deputy or any other person the
1-19 administrator may employ, the administrator may not require the
1-20 person to work both Saturday and Sunday during a voting period.
1-21 SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Election Code, is
1-22 amended by adding Section 31.124 to read as follows:
1-23 Sec. 31.124. ELECTION STAFF OF COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. (a)
2-1 In this section, "county election officer" means for counties that
2-2 do not have a county elections administrator, the county tax
2-3 assessor-collector in counties in which the county clerk's election
2-4 duties and functions have been transferred to the tax
2-5 assessor-collector and the county clerk in other counties.
2-6 (b) The county election officer shall select for employment
2-7 full-time employees for the office of the county election officer
2-8 in accordance with criteria developed in consultation with
2-9 appropriate authorities.
2-10 (c) On the request of a deputy or any other person the
2-11 county election officer may employ, the county election officer may
2-12 not require the person to work both Saturday and Sunday during a
2-13 voting period.
2-14 SECTION 4. Section 63.009(a), Election Code, is amended to
2-15 read as follows:
2-16 (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a voter who does
2-17 not present a voter registration certificate when offering to vote,
2-18 and whose name is not on the list of registered voters for the
2-19 precinct in which the voter is offering to vote, shall be accepted
2-20 for voting if the voter presents proof of identification and
2-21 executes the appropriate affidavits [an affidavit in accordance
2-22 with Section 63.010].
2-23 SECTION 5. Section 85.069, Election Code, is amended to read
2-24 as follows:
2-25 Sec. 85.069. ELECTION OFFICERS SERVING BRANCH POLLING PLACE.
2-26 (a) The authority ordering an election [early voting clerk] shall
3-1 designate for each branch polling place a deputy early voting clerk
3-2 and an assistant deputy early voting clerk in accordance with
3-3 criteria developed in consultation with appropriate authorities [as
3-4 the election officer in charge of the polling place].
3-5 (b) The composition of the full-time employees [set of
3-6 election officers] serving under the deputy early voting clerk and
3-7 assistant deputy early voting clerk at a branch polling place shall
3-8 be designated in accordance with criteria developed in consultation
3-9 with appropriate authorities [must provide representation for each
3-10 political party conducting a primary election in the county].
3-11 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.