Amend HB 2817 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  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 a registered voter [18 years of age or older]; [and]

(2)  not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if so convicted, must have:

(A)  fully discharged the person's sentence, including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or completed a period of probation ordered by any court; or

(B)  been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disability to vote; and

(3)  not have been finally convicted of an offense under Section 32.51, Penal Code.

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:

(A)  terminates on the person's final conviction for an offense:

(i)  for failure to deliver a registration application; or

(ii)  under Section 32.51, Penal Code; and

(B)  may terminate on the registrar's determination that the person failed to adequately review a registration application.

SECTION ____.  Section 13.036(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  An appointment as a volunteer deputy registrar is terminated on:

(1)  the expiration of the volunteer deputy's term of appointment; or

(2)  the final conviction of the volunteer deputy for an offense prescribed by Section 13.043 of this code or Section 32.51, Penal Code.

SECTION ____.  Sections 13.031(d), 13.033(b), and 13.036(a), Election Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to the appointment of a volunteer deputy voter registrar on or after the effective date of this Act. The appointment of a volunteer deputy voter registrar before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the registrar was appointed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.