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Texas Election Code - Section 13.046. High School Deputy Registrars

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§ 13.046. HIGH SCHOOL DEPUTY REGISTRARS.  (a) Each 
principal of a public or private high school or the principal's 
designee shall serve as a deputy registrar for the county in which 
the school is located.
	(b)  In this code, "high school deputy registrar" means a 
deputy registrar serving under this section.
	(c)  A high school deputy registrar may distribute 
registration application forms to and receive registration 
applications submitted to the deputy in person from students and 
employees of the school only.
	(d)  At least twice each school year, a high school deputy 
registrar shall distribute an officially prescribed registration 
application form to each student who is or will be 18 years of age or 
older during that year, subject to rules prescribed by the 
secretary of state.
	(e)  Each application form distributed under this section 
must be accompanied by a notice informing the student or employee 
that the application may be submitted in person or by mail to the 
voter registrar of the county in which the applicant resides or in 
person to a high school deputy registrar or volunteer deputy 
registrar for delivery to the voter registrar of the county in which 
the applicant resides.
	(f)  Except as provided by this subsection, Sections 13.039, 
13.041, and 13.042 apply to the submission and delivery of 
registration applications under this section, and for that purpose, 
"volunteer deputy registrar" in those sections includes a high 
school deputy registrar.  A high school deputy registrar may review 
an application for completeness out of the applicant's presence.  A 
deputy may deliver a group of applications to the registrar by mail 
in an envelope or package, and, for the purpose of determining 
compliance with the delivery deadline, an application delivered by 
mail is considered to be delivered at the time of its receipt by the 
registrar.
	(g)  A high school deputy registrar commits an offense if the 
deputy fails to comply with Section 13.042.  An offense under this 
subsection is a Class C misdemeanor unless the deputy's failure to 
comply is intentional, in which case the offense is a Class A 
misdemeanor.
	(h)  The secretary of state shall prescribe any additional 
procedures necessary to implement this section.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 279, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 
1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 
75th Leg., ch. 864, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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