1-1 By: Turner of Coleman (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 1766 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2001; 1-3 May 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Jurisprudence; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to administration of oaths in Texas. 1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-10 SECTION 1. Section 602.002, Government Code, as amended by 1-11 Chapters 325, 638, and 653, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular 1-12 Session, 1999, is reenacted and amended to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 602.002. OATH MADE IN TEXAS. An oath made in this state 1-14 may be administered and a certificate of the fact given by: 1-15 (1) a judge or a clerk of a municipal court, in a 1-16 matter pertaining to a duty of the court; 1-17 (2) a judge, retired judge, senior judge, clerk, or 1-18 commissioner of a court of record; 1-19 (3) a justice of the peace or a clerk of a justice 1-20 court; 1-21 (4) a notary public; 1-22 (5) a member of a board or commission created by a law 1-23 of this state, in a matter pertaining to a duty of the board or 1-24 commission; 1-25 (6) a person employed by the Texas Ethics Commission 1-26 who has a duty related to a report required by Title 15, Election 1-27 Code, in a matter pertaining to that duty; 1-28 (7) a county tax assessor-collector or an employee of 1-29 the county tax assessor-collector if the oath relates to a document 1-30 that is required or authorized to be filed in the office of the 1-31 county tax assessor-collector; 1-32 (8) the secretary of state; 1-33 (9) the lieutenant governor; 1-34 (10) the speaker of the house of representatives; 1-35 (11) the governor; 1-36 (12) a legislator or retired legislator; 1-37 (13) the attorney general; 1-38 (14) the secretary or clerk of a municipality in a 1-39 matter pertaining to the official business of the municipality; or 1-40 (15) a peace officer described by Article 2.12, Code 1-41 of Criminal Procedure, if: 1-42 (A) the oath is administered when the officer is 1-43 engaged in the performance of the officer's duties; and 1-44 (B) the administration of the oath relates to 1-45 the officer's duties. 1-46 SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails 1-47 over another Act of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, 1-48 relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted 1-49 codes. 1-50 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-51 * * * * *