By Talton                                             H.B. No. 1868
         77R5767 BDH-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to authorizing the attorney general to administer oaths.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 602.002, Government Code, as amended by
 1-5     Chapters 325, 638, and 653, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
 1-6     Session, 1999, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 602.002.  OATH MADE IN TEXAS.  An oath made in this
 1-8     state may be administered and a certificate of the fact given by:
 1-9                 (1)  a judge or a clerk of a municipal court, in a
1-10     matter pertaining to a duty of the court;
1-11                 (2)  a judge, clerk, or commissioner of a court of
1-12     record;
1-13                 (3)  a justice of the peace or a clerk of a justice
1-14     court;
1-15                 (4)  a notary public;
1-16                 (5)  a member of a board or commission created by a law
1-17     of this state, in a matter pertaining to a duty of the board or
1-18     commission;
1-19                 (6)  a person employed by the Texas Ethics Commission
1-20     who has a duty related to a report required by Title 15, Election
1-21     Code, in a matter pertaining to that duty;
1-22                 (7)  a county tax assessor-collector or an employee of
1-23     the county tax assessor-collector if the oath relates to a document
1-24     that is required or authorized to be filed in the office of the
 2-1     county tax assessor-collector;
 2-2                 (8)  the secretary of state;
 2-3                 (9)  the lieutenant governor;
 2-4                 (10)  the speaker of the house of representatives;
 2-5                 (11)  the governor;
 2-6                 (12)  the attorney general;
 2-7                 (13)  the secretary or clerk of a municipality in a
 2-8     matter pertaining to the official business of the municipality; or
 2-9                 (14)  a peace officer described by Article 2.12, Code
2-10     of Criminal Procedure, if:
2-11                       (A)  the oath is administered when the officer is
2-12     engaged in the performance of the officer's duties; and
2-13                       (B)  the administration of the oath relates to
2-14     the officer's duties.
2-15           SECTION 2.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
2-16     over another Act of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001,
2-17     relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
2-18     codes.
2-19           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-20     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-21     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-22     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-23     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.