Bill Text: TX HB1748 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1748 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of a facsimile signature on certain public securities and related certificates.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB1748 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1748-Introduced.html

	88R6952 KBB-F

	By: Leach	H.B. No. 1748



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the use of a facsimile signature on certain public
	securities and related certificates.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 618.003, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 618.003. AUTHORITY FOR FACSIMILE SIGNATURE. (a) An
	[~~Except as provided by Section 618.004, an~~] authorized officer may
	execute, authenticate, certify, or endorse or authorize to be
	executed, authenticated, certified, or endorsed with the officer's
	facsimile signature instead of the officer's manual signature:
	(1) a public security, instrument of payment, or
	certificate of assessment, if the use of the facsimile signature is
	authorized by the board, body, or officer empowered to authorize
	the issuance of the security, instrument, or certificate; or
	(2) an eligible contract, if the use of the facsimile
	signature is authorized by the governing body of the municipality.
	(b) A facsimile signature of the comptroller, or of a deputy
	designated in writing to act for the comptroller, may be placed on a
	public security required to be registered by the comptroller or a
	certificate on that security.
	SECTION 2. Section 618.004, Government Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.