By Bosse H.B. No. 1854
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the sworn statement, bond, and oath of a director of an
1-3 underground water conservation district.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 52.108, Water Code, is amended to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 Sec. 52.108. SWORN STATEMENT, BOND, AND OATH OF OFFICE. (a)
1-8 As soon as practicable after a director is elected or appointed,
1-9 the <Each> director shall make the sworn statement prescribed by
1-10 the constitution for public office <take the oath of office
1-11 prescribed by the constitution for public officers>.
1-12 (b) As soon as practicable after a director has made the
1-13 sworn statement and before beginning to perform the duties of
1-14 office, the director shall take the oath of office prescribed by
1-15 the constitution for public officers.
1-16 (c) Before beginning to perform the duties of office, a
1-17 director shall execute a bond for $10,000 payable to the district
1-18 and conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's
1-19 duties. All bonds of the directors must be approved by the board
1-20 and shall be paid for by the district.
1-21 (d) The sworn statement, bond, and oath shall be filed with
1-22 the district and retained in its records. A duplicate original of
1-23 the sworn statement and the oath shall be filed with the secretary
2-1 of state within 10 days after their execution and need not be filed
2-2 before the new director begins to perform the duties of office.
2-3 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-4 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.