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
1-3 Underground Water Conservation Districts.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 52.108, Texas Water Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 52.108. SWORN STATEMENT, BOND AND OATH OF OFFICE. (a)
1-8 <Each> As soon as practicable after a director is elected or
1-9 appointed, that director shall <take the oath of office prescribed
1-10 by the constitution for public officers> make the sworn statement
1-11 prescribed by the constitution for public office.
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, that 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, each
1-17 director shall execute a bond for $10,000 payable to the district
1-18 and conditioned on the faithful performance of that director's
1-19 duties. All bonds of the directors shall be approved by the board
1-20 and 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 also be filed with the
2-1 secretary of state within 10 days, after their execution and need
2-2 not be filed before the new director begins to perform the duties
2-3 of office.
2-4 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-5 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-10 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-11 passage, and it is so enacted.