By: Murphy, S. Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1570
        (Senate Sponsor - Williams)
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011;
  April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State
  Affairs; May 9, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 9, 2011, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to training for deputy voter registrars.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 12.006, Election Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  A regular deputy registrar may not assist in the
  registration of voters until the deputy registrar has completed
  training developed under Section 13.047. At the time of
  appointment, the voter registrar shall provide information about
  the times and places at which training is offered.
         SECTION 2.  Section 13.031, Election Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  A volunteer deputy registrar appointed under this
  section may not receive another person's registration application
  until the deputy registrar has completed training developed under
  Section 13.047. At the time of appointment, the voter registrar
  shall provide information about the times and places at which
  training is offered.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 13, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 13.047 to read as follows:
         Sec. 13.047.  TRAINING STANDARDS FOR DEPUTY REGISTRARS. (a)
  The secretary of state shall:
               (1)  adopt standards of training in election law
  relating to the registration of voters;
               (2)  develop materials for a standardized curriculum
  for that training; and
               (3)  distribute the materials as necessary to each
  county voter registrar.
         (b)  The training standards may include the passage of an
  examination at the end of a training program.
         SECTION 4.  The secretary of state shall adopt training
  standards under Section 13.047, Election Code, as added by this
  Act, not later than January 1, 2012.
         SECTION 5.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a deputy voter registrar appointed on or after the date the
  secretary of state adopts training standards under Section 13.047,
  Election Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
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