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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the deputy clerks appointed to certain statutory |
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probate courts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.0173(g), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(g) The county clerk shall appoint a deputy clerk for each |
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statutory probate court. [An appointment takes effect when it is |
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confirmed in writing by the judge of the court to which the deputy |
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clerk is assigned.] A deputy clerk serves at the pleasure of the |
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judge of the court to which the deputy clerk is assigned. A deputy |
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clerk must take the constitutional oath of office, and the county |
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clerk may require the deputy clerk to furnish a bond in an amount, |
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conditioned and payable, as required by law. A deputy clerk acts in |
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the name of the county clerk and may perform any official act or |
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service required of the county clerk and shall perform any other |
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service required by the judge of a statutory probate court. A |
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deputy clerk must attend all sessions of the court to which the |
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deputy clerk [he] is assigned. [A deputy clerk is entitled to |
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receive an annual salary set by the judge in an amount that does not |
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exceed the amount paid the deputies of the county courts at law of |
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Bexar County. The salary shall be paid in equal monthly |
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installments as provided by law for the payment of salaries of |
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deputy clerks.] |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |