Sec. 13.033. CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT. (a) A person desiring to serve as a volunteer deputy registrar must request appointment by the registrar in person or by mail.
(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.
(c) The registrar shall sign the certificate and issue the original to the appointee, who shall sign it on receipt.
(d) A volunteer deputy shall present the certificate as identification to an applicant for registration, on request, when receiving the application for delivery to the registrar.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 916, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1003 (H.B. 621), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Voter Qualifications and Registration
Chapter 13 - Application for Registration; Initial Registration
Subchapter B. Volunteer Deputy Registrars; High School Deputy Registrars
Section 13.031. Appointment; Term
Section 13.032. Prohibition on Refusing to Appoint
Section 13.033. Certificate of Appointment
Section 13.034. Active Appointment File
Section 13.035. Inactive Appointment File
Section 13.036. Termination of Appointment
Section 13.037. Compensation; Bond
Section 13.038. Powers Generally
Section 13.039. Review of Application
Section 13.040. Issuance of Receipt
Section 13.041. Effect of Submission of Application
Section 13.042. Delivery of Application to Registrar
Section 13.043. Failure to Deliver Application
Section 13.044. Purportedly Acting as Volunteer Deputy Registrar
Section 13.045. Activity on Governmental Premises
Section 13.046. High School Deputy Registrars