Bill Text: TX HB1494 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to surety bonds for deputy clerks and other employees of county and district clerks.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1494 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1494-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to surety bonds for deputy clerks and other employees of county and district clerks.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1494 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1494-Introduced.html
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By: Guillen | H.B. No. 1494 |
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relating to surety bonds for deputy clerks and other employees of | ||
county and district clerks. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 51.309, Government Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 51.309. DEPUTY CLERKS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.309(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the district clerk | ||
shall obtain a surety bond to cover each [ |
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employee. The district clerk may obtain a schedule surety bond or a | ||
blanket surety bond to cover more than one individual [ |
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other [ |
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manner as the district clerk's bond, and the total amount of bonds | ||
covering all deputy clerks and other employees must be equal to the | ||
amount of the district clerk's bond [ |
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or other employee [ |
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payable to the governor for the use and benefit of the district | ||
clerk. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 82.002(a) and (c), Local Government | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The [ |
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execute a schedule surety bond or a blanket surety bond to cover | ||
more than one individual [ |
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(c) A [ |
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employee must be conditioned in the same manner as the county | ||
clerk's bond, and the total amount of bonds covering all deputy | ||
clerks and other employees must be at least equal to the amount of | ||
the county clerk's bond [ |
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employee must be made payable to the county for the use and benefit | ||
of the county clerk. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |