Bill Text: TX HB3908 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the deputy clerks appointed to certain statutory probate courts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-13 - Postponed 12/25/21 10:00 AM [HB3908 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3908-Comm_Sub.html
87R17661 ANG-D | |||
By: Pacheco, Campos | H.B. No. 3908 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3908: | |||
By: Johnson of Dallas | C.S.H.B. No. 3908 |
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relating to the deputy clerks appointed to certain statutory | ||
probate courts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 25.0173(g), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(g) The county clerk shall appoint a deputy clerk for each | ||
statutory probate court. [ |
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judge of the court to which the deputy clerk is assigned. A deputy | ||
clerk must take the constitutional oath of office, and the county | ||
clerk may require the deputy clerk to furnish a bond in an amount, | ||
conditioned and payable, as required by law. A deputy clerk acts in | ||
the name of the county clerk and may perform any official act or | ||
service required of the county clerk and shall perform any other | ||
service required by the judge of a statutory probate court. A | ||
deputy clerk must attend all sessions of the court to which the | ||
deputy clerk [ |
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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, 2021. |