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|  | AN ACT | 
|  | relating to the creation of a bail bond board by the commissioners | 
|  | court of certain counties. | 
|  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
|  | SECTION 1.  Section 1704.052, Occupations Code, is amended | 
|  | to read as follows: | 
|  | Sec. 1704.052.  DISCRETIONARY CREATION OF BOARD.  A board | 
|  | may be created in a county with a population of less than 110,000 | 
|  | if: | 
|  | (1)  a majority of the persons who would serve as | 
|  | members of the board under Section 1704.053, or who would designate | 
|  | the persons who would serve as members of the board, determine to | 
|  | create a board; and | 
|  | (2)  the commissioners court approves the creation of | 
|  | the board by a majority vote. | 
|  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | 
|  | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | 
|  | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this | 
|  | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | 
|  | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
|  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
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|  | I certify that H.B. No. 3003 was passed by the House on May 5, | 
|  | 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | 
|  | voting. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | 
|  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
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|  | I certify that H.B. No. 3003 was passed by the Senate on May | 
|  | 27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | 
|  | Secretary of the Senate | 
|  | APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
|  | Date | 
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|  | _____________________ | 
|  | Governor |