1-1 By: Staples S.B. No. 629
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 9, 2001; February 12, 2001,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
1-4 March 7, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
1-5 Nays 0; March 7, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to authorizing the attorney general to administer oaths.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 602.002, Government Code, as
1-11 amended by Chapters 325, 368, and 653, Acts of the 76th
1-12 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 602.002. Oath Made in Texas. An oath made in this
1-14 state 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, clerk, or commissioner of a court of
1-18 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; [or]
1-35 (11) the governor;
1-36 (12) the attorney general;
1-37 (13) the secretary or clerk of a municipality in a
1-38 matter pertaining to the official business of the municipality; or
1-39 (14) [(13)] a peace officer described by Article 2.12,
1-40 Code of Criminal Procedure, if:
1-41 (A) the oath is administered when the officer is
1-42 engaged in the performance of the officer's duties; and
1-43 (B) the administration of the oath relates to
1-44 the officer's duties.
1-45 SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Act or
1-46 its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
1-47 invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this
1-48 Act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or
1-49 application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are
1-50 declared to be severable.
1-51 SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect on August
1-52 27, 2001.
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