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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority for certain high school students to serve |
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as election clerks. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.087(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) A school district shall excuse a student from attending |
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school for: |
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(1) the following purposes, including travel for those |
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purposes: |
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(A) observing religious holy days; or |
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(B) attending a required court appearance; [or] |
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(2) a temporary absence resulting from health care |
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professionals if that student commences classes or returns to |
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school on the same day of the appointment; or |
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(3) the purpose of serving as an election clerk under |
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Chapter 32, Election Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 32.051, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (f) to read as |
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follows: |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (f), to [To] be |
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eligible to serve as a clerk of an election precinct, a person must |
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be a qualified voter: |
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(1) of the county, in a countywide election ordered by |
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the governor or a county authority or in a primary election; |
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(2) of the part of the county in which the election is |
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held, for an election ordered by the governor or a county authority |
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that does not cover the entire county of the person's residence; or |
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(3) of the political subdivision, in an election |
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ordered by an authority of a political subdivision other than a |
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county. |
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(f) A person who is 16 years of age or older, a United States |
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citizen, and a student of good standing at a public or private |
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secondary school may be an election clerk. The county clerk or |
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elections administrator of a county in which a student will serve as |
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an election clerk as provided by this section shall work with the |
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county's secondary schools to identify students eligible to serve |
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as clerks under this section. Not more than two clerks eligible |
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under this section may serve at a polling place, except that not |
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more than four clerks eligible under this section may serve at any |
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countywide polling place. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |