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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the seal of a district court used on process issued by |
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the court. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.301(d), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) Each district clerk shall be provided with a seal for |
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the district court. The seal must have a five-pointed star and must |
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be engraved with the words "District Court of __________ County, |
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Texas." The seal shall be impressed on all process issued by the |
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court except subpoenas and shall be kept and used by the clerk to |
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authenticate official acts. The seal may be created using an |
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electronic means, including by using an optical disk or another |
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electronic reproduction technique, if the means by which the seal |
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is impressed on an original document created using the same type of |
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electronic means does not allow for changes, additions, or |
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deletions to be made to the document. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.301(d), Government Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies to a process, other than a subpoena, issued by |
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a court on or after the effective date of this Act. A process issued |
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by a court before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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law in effect on the date the process was issued, and the former law |
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is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |