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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an unsworn declaration made by an employee of a state |
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agency or political subdivision or a private process server in the |
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performance of the employee's or server's job duties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 132.001, Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, is amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections |
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(f) and (g) to read as follows: |
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(d) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (e), |
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(f), and (g), an unsworn declaration made under this section must |
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include a jurat in substantially the following form: |
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"My name is __________ _________ ____________, my |
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(First) (Middle) (Last) |
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date of birth is _________________, and my address is |
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_____________, ____________, _________, _________, |
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(Street) (City) (State) (Zip Code) |
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and __________________. I declare under penalty of |
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(Country) |
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perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. |
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Executed in _______ County, State of ________, on |
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the ________ day of________, ________. |
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(Month) (Year) |
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____________________ |
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Declarant" |
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(f) An unsworn declaration made under this section by an |
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employee of a state agency or a political subdivision in the |
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performance of the employee's job duties, must include a jurat in |
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substantially the following form: |
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"My name is ___________ __________ ___________, |
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(First) (Middle) (Last) |
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and I am an employee of the following governmental |
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agency: __________________. I am executing this |
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declaration as part of my assigned duties and |
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responsibilities. I declare under penalty of perjury |
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that the foregoing is true and correct. |
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Executed in _____________ County, State of |
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_________, on the _____ day of ________, _______. |
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(Month) (Year) |
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____________________ |
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Declarant" |
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(g) An unsworn declaration made under this section by a |
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private process server in the performance of the server's job |
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duties, must include a jurat in substantially the following form: |
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"My name is ___________ __________ ___________, |
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(First) (Middle) (Last) |
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and I am a private process server with the following |
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Process Server Review Board identification number: |
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__________________. I am executing this declaration |
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as part of my assigned duties and responsibilities. I |
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declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is |
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true and correct. |
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Executed in _____________ County, State of |
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_________, on the _____ day of ________, _______. |
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(Month) (Year) |
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____________________ |
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Declarant" |
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SECTION 2. Sections 132.001(f) and (g), Civil Practice and |
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Remedies Code, as added by this Act, apply only to an unsworn |
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declaration executed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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unsworn declaration executed before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective |
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date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |