82R233 BEF-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 330
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the dissolution 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 AND DISSOLUTION OF
BOARD. (a) 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.
(b) The commissioners court may dissolve a board created
under this section if the commissioners court:
(1) approves the dissolution of the board by a
majority vote; and
(2) adopts written procedures to wind up the board's
operations.
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, 2011.