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.
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