S.B. 322 78(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


S.B. 322
By: Armbrister
Judicial Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, retired municipal judges are not authorized to
administer oaths in Texas.  S.B. 322 adds retired municipal judges to the
list of individuals authorized to administer an oath and give a
certificate indicating that an oath has been given.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or
institution. 

ANALYSIS

S.B. 322 amends the Government Code to provide that an oath made in this
state may be administered and a certificate of the fact given by a retired
judge of a municipal court.  

EFFECTIVE DATE

Upon passage, or, if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect on September 1, 2003.