85R6597 MAW-D
 
  By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 1141
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the licensing and regulation of bail bond sureties in
  certain counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1704.002, Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 1704.002.  APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. (a) Except as
  provided by Subsection (b), this [This] chapter applies only in a
  county with a population of:
               (1)  110,000 or more; or
               (2)  less than 110,000 in which a board is created.
         (b)  This chapter does not apply in a county with a
  population of 700,000 or more but less than 780,000.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.