Amend HB 1270 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
sections to the bill and renumbering the remaining sections of the 
bill appropriately:
	SECTION ____.  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 violated Section 13.038(b) or failed 
to adequately review a registration application.
	SECTION ____.  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 violated Section 13.038(b) or failed to 
adequately review a registration application as required by Section 
13.039.
	SECTION ____.  Section 13.038, Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 13.038.  POWERS GENERALLY.  (a)  A volunteer deputy 
registrar may distribute voter registration application forms 
throughout the county and receive registration applications 
submitted to the deputy in person.
	(b)  In conducting the duties prescribed by this subchapter, 
a volunteer deputy registrar may not:
		(1)  harass, intimidate, or coerce any person; or                      
		(2)  refuse to:                                                        
			(A)  distribute voter registration applications;                      
			(B)  receive a completed voter registration 
application submitted to the deputy; or
			(C)  provide assistance to any person who is 
eligible for registration as a voter in this state.