By: Raney (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 2272
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
  April 30, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Criminal Justice; May 6, 2015, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 6, 2015, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
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         WhitmireX
         HuffmanX
         BurtonX
         CreightonX
         HinojosaX
         MenéndezX
         PerryX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to surety bond requirements for reserve deputy sheriffs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 85.004, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
  read as follows:
         (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), a  [A] reserve
  deputy, before beginning to perform the duties of office and at the
  time of appointment, must file an oath and execute and file a bond
  in the amount of $2,000 payable to the sheriff. The oath and bond
  shall be filed with the county clerk.
         (c-1)  If a sheriff appoints more than one reserve deputy
  sheriff, the sheriff may execute a blanket surety bond to cover the
  reserve deputy sheriffs. Instead of a reserve deputy sheriff
  executing an individual bond under Subsection (c) or the sheriff
  executing a blanket surety bond, the county may self-insure against
  losses that would have been covered by the bond.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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