Tex. Election Code Section 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.

Source: Section 13.033 — Certificate of Appointment, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.­13.­htm#13.­033 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

13.001
Eligibility for Registration
13.002
Application Required
13.003
Application by Agent
13.004
Recording and Disclosure of Certain Information by Registrar
13.005
Unlawfully Acting as Agent
13.006
Purportedly Acting as Agent
13.007
False Statement on Application
13.008
Performance-based Compensation for Registering Voters Prohibited
13.0021
Additional Registration Information from Certain Federal and State Judges, Federal Officials, and Family Members
13.031
Appointment
13.032
Prohibition on Refusing to Appoint
13.033
Certificate of Appointment
13.034
Active Appointment File
13.035
Inactive Appointment File
13.036
Termination of Appointment
13.037
Compensation
13.038
Powers Generally
13.039
Review of Application
13.040
Issuance of Receipt
13.041
Effect of Submission of Application
13.042
Delivery of Application to Registrar
13.043
Failure to Deliver Application
13.044
Purportedly Acting as Volunteer Deputy Registrar
13.045
Activity on Governmental Premises
13.046
High School Deputy Registrars
13.047
Training Standards for Deputy Registrars
13.048
Optional Procedure for Appointment of Volunteer Deputy Registrar
13.071
Review of Application
13.072
Action on Application
13.073
Notice of Rejection
13.074
Challenge of Applicant
13.075
Notice of Challenge to Applicant
13.076
Request for Hearing on Challenge
13.077
Hearing on Challenge
13.078
Notice of Hearing
13.079
Determination of Challenge
13.080
Recording Rejection
13.101
Active Application File
13.102
Inactive Application File
13.103
Place for Keeping Files
13.104
Optional Storage Method
13.121
Official Form for Registration by Mail
13.122
Additional Elements on Official Form
13.141
Registration Number
13.142
Initial Registration Certificate
13.143
Effective Date of Registration
13.144
Delivery of Initial Certificate to Voter
13.145
Unlawful Delivery of Certificate
13.146
Confirmation Notice on Return of Initial Certificate

Accessed:
Apr. 20, 2024

§ 13.033’s source at texas​.gov