79R6281 JRJ-D

By:  Bohac                                                        H.B. No. 1270



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the qualifications of a deputy voter registrar.                   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 13.031(d), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	(d)  To be eligible for appointment as a volunteer deputy 
registrar, a person must:
		(1)  be 18 years of age or older;                               
		(2)  not have been determined mentally incompetent by a 
final judgement of a court;
		(3)  be a United States citizen; and                                   
		(4)  not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if 
so convicted, have:
			(A)  fully discharged the person's sentence, 
including any term of confinement, parole, or mandatory 
supervision, or completed a period of community supervision ordered 
by any court; or
			(B)  been pardoned or otherwise released from the 
resulting disability to vote.
	SECTION 2.  Section 13.032, Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows:    
	Sec. 13.032.  PROHIBITION ON REFUSING TO APPOINT.  A 
registrar may not refuse to appoint as a volunteer deputy 
registrar:
		(1)  a person eligible under Section 13.031 [resident 
of the county served by the registrar]; or
		(2)  any person on the basis of sex, race, creed, color, 
or national origin or ancestry.
	SECTION 3.   This Act applies only to an appointment of a 
volunteer deputy registrar made on or after the effective date of 
this Act.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.