Menéndez Bill Lets Volunteer Deputy Registrars Sign Up Voters Statewide

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90R2905 JDK-D

By: Menéndez, et al.
S.B. No. 104

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to registration powers of volunteer deputy registrars.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 13.031, Election Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:

(f) A volunteer deputy registrar appointed under this

section may serve as a volunteer deputy registrar throughout the

state regardless of which county appointed the deputy registrar.

The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures to implement this

subsection.

SECTION 2. 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 failed to adequately review a

registration application, intentionally destroyed or physically

altered a registration application, or engaged in any other

activity that conflicts with the responsibilities of a volunteer

deputy registrar under this chapter.

SECTION 3. Section 13.037(a), Election Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(a) A person may not receive compensation from any [ the ]

county for service as a volunteer deputy registrar unless

compensation is authorized by the commissioners court of that

county .

SECTION 4. 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) A volunteer deputy registrar may distribute a voter

registration application in the form prescribed by the secretary of

state under Section 31.002 throughout the state and receive an

application in that form submitted to the deputy in person,

regardless of the county in which the application was printed.

(c) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures to

implement this section.

SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.