By: Homer (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) H.B. No. 3003
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2009;
May 7, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 22, 2009, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 22, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of a bail bond board by the commissioners
court of certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1704.052, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1704.052. DISCRETIONARY CREATION OF BOARD. A board
may be created in a county with a population of less than 110,000
if:
(1) a majority of the persons who would serve as
members of the board under Section 1704.053, or who would designate
the persons who would serve as members of the board, determine to
create a board; and
(2) the commissioners court approves the creation of
the board by a majority vote.
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, 2009.
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