By Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 3095 75R7531 MLS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the contents of an officially prescribed form for an 1-3 application for employment with the State of Texas. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 651, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Section 651.004 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 651.004. WARNING REQUIRED ON OFFICIAL APPLICATION FORM 1-8 FOR STATE EMPLOYMENT. An officially prescribed form for an 1-9 application for employment with the State of Texas must include a 1-10 warning that notifies the applicant of the penalty for making a 1-11 false entry in a governmental record under Section 37.10, Penal 1-12 Code. 1-13 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-14 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to an 1-15 official employment application form that is prescribed, printed, 1-16 or reprinted on or after the effective date of this Act. 1-17 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.