| 1 | 1 | | By: Zedler (Senate Sponsor - Harris) H.B. No. 1241 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 13, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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| 4 | 4 | | Justice; May 21, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to surety bond requirements for reserve deputy constables. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 86.012, Local Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to |
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| 14 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), a [A] reserve |
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| 16 | 16 | | deputy constable must take the official oath and must execute a bond |
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| 17 | 17 | | in the amount of $2,000, payable to the constable. The oath and |
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| 18 | 18 | | bond must be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the |
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| 19 | 19 | | appointment is made. The oath and bond must be given before the |
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| 20 | 20 | | reserve deputy constable's entry on duty and simultaneously with |
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| 21 | 21 | | the officer's appointment. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (c-1) If a constable appoints more than one reserve deputy |
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| 23 | 23 | | constable, the constable may execute a blanket surety bond to cover |
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| 24 | 24 | | the reserve deputy constables. Instead of a reserve deputy |
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| 25 | 25 | | constable executing an individual bond under Subsection (c) or the |
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| 26 | 26 | | constable executing a blanket surety bond, the county may |
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| 27 | 27 | | self-insure against losses that would have been covered by the |
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| 28 | 28 | | bond. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 34 | 34 | | * * * * * |
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