By: Staples S.B. No. 629
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. AMENDMENT. Section 602.002, Government Code, as
1-5 amended by Chapters 325, 638, and 653, Acts of the 76th
1-6 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is 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
1-25 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 (12) the attorney general;
2-6 (13) the secretary or clerk of a municipality in a
2-7 matter pertaining to the official business of the municipality; or
2-8 (14) [(13)] a peace officer described by Article 2.12,
2-9 Code of Criminal Procedure, if:
2-10 (A) the oath is administered when the officer is
2-11 engaged in the performance of the officer's duties; and
2-12 (B) the administration of the oath relates to
2-13 the officer's duties.
2-14 SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Act or
2-15 its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
2-16 invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this
2-17 Act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or
2-18 application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are
2-19 declared to be severable.
2-20 SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect on August
2-21 27, 2001.