Bill Text: TX HB1241 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to surety bond requirements for reserve deputy constables.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB1241 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1241-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1241 | ||
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| relating to surety bond requirements for reserve deputy constables. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 86.012, 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 [ |
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| deputy constable must take the official oath and must execute a bond | ||
| in the amount of $2,000, payable to the constable. The oath and | ||
| bond must be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the | ||
| appointment is made. The oath and bond must be given before the | ||
| reserve deputy constable's entry on duty and simultaneously with | ||
| the officer's appointment. | ||
| (c-1) If a constable appoints more than one reserve deputy | ||
| constable, the constable may execute a blanket surety bond to cover | ||
| the reserve deputy constables. Instead of a reserve deputy | ||
| constable executing an individual bond under Subsection (c) or the | ||
| constable 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, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1241 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 13, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1241 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
