By: Kuempel (Senate Sponsor - Taylor) H.B. No. 3314
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013;
April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 20, 2013, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0, 1 present not voting; May 20, 2013, sent to
printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to instruction and continuing education requirements for
certain court clerks.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 51.605(b) and (c), Government Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(b) A clerk shall complete 20 hours of instruction regarding
the performance of the clerk's duties of office before the first
anniversary of the date the clerk assumes those duties [during each
calendar year that begins after the clerk's election or appointment
to office].
(c) After the first anniversary of the date a clerk assumes
the duties of office, the [A] clerk must each calendar year
complete 20 hours of continuing education courses. [A clerk must,
during the first year of each term of office, complete:
[(1) at least one hour of continuing education courses
regarding registry funds handled under Chapter 117, Local
Government Code, in the performance of the duties of office; and
[(2) at least one hour of continuing education courses
regarding fraudulent court documents and fraudulent document
filings.]
SECTION 2. Section 51.605(b), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies to a court clerk who assumes the duties of
office on or after the effective date of this Act. A court clerk who
assumes the duties of office before that date is governed by the law
in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. 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, 2013.
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