1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the filing of sworn statements prescribed by the
1-3 constitution for public office and made by the directors of certain
1-4 special districts.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 36.055(d), Water Code, is amended to read
1-7 as follows:
1-8 (d) The sworn statement shall be filed as prescribed by the
1-9 constitution. The[,] bond[,] and oath shall be filed with the
1-10 district and retained in its records. A duplicate original of the
1-11 [sworn statement and the] oath shall also be filed with the
1-12 secretary of state within 10 days after its [their] execution and
1-13 need not be filed before the new director begins to perform the
1-14 duties of office.
1-15 SECTION 2. Section 49.055(d), Water Code, is amended to read
1-16 as follows:
1-17 (d) The sworn statement shall be filed as prescribed by the
1-18 constitution. The[,] bond[,] and oath shall be filed with the
1-19 district and retained in its records. A duplicate original of the
1-20 [sworn statement and the] oath shall also be filed with the
1-21 secretary of state within 10 days after its [their] execution and
1-22 need not be filed before the new director begins to perform the
1-23 duties of office.
1-24 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-5 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-6 passage, and it is so enacted.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1031 was passed by the House on March
25, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1031 was passed by the Senate on May
13, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor