By Turner of Coleman H.B. No. 1766 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to administration of oaths in Texas. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 602.002, Government Code, is amended to 1-5 read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 602.002. An oath made in this state may be administered 1-7 and a certificate of the fact given by: 1-8 (1) a judge or a clerk of a municipal court, in a 1-9 matter pertaining to a duty of the court; 1-10 (2) a judge, retired judge, senior judge, clerk, or 1-11 commissioner of a court of record; 1-12 (3) a justice of the peace or a clerk of a justice 1-13 court; 1-14 (4) a notary public; 1-15 (5) a member of a board or commission created by a law 1-16 of this state, in a matter pertaining to a duty of the board or 1-17 commission; 1-18 (6) a person employed by the Texas Ethics Commission 1-19 who has a duty related to a report required by Title 15, Election 1-20 Code, in a matter pertaining to that duty; 1-21 (7) a county tax assessor-collector or an employee of 1-22 the county tax assessor-collector if the oath relates to a document 1-23 that is required or authorized to be filed in the office of the 1-24 county tax assessor-collector; 2-1 (8) the secretary of state; 2-2 (9) the lieutenant governor; 2-3 (10) the speaker of the house of representatives; or 2-4 (11) the governor. 2-5 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.