By Turner of Coleman                                  H.B. No. 1766
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                                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
 2-1     that is required or authorized to be filed in the office of the
 2-2     county tax assessor-collector;
 2-3                 (8)  the secretary of state;
 2-4                 (9)  the lieutenant governor;
 2-5                 (10)  the speaker of the house of representatives; or
 2-6                 (11)  the governor.
 2-7           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.