83R5084 SCL-D
By: Isaac H.B. No. 708
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of a deputy constable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 86.011(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) An elected constable who desires to appoint a deputy
must apply in writing to the commissioners court of the county and
show that it is necessary to appoint a deputy in order to properly
handle the business of the constable's office that originates in
the constable's precinct. [The application must state the name of
the proposed deputy.] The commissioners court shall approve [and
confirm] the appointment of a [the] deputy only if the
commissioners court determines that the constable needs a deputy to
handle the business originating in the precinct.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
86.011(a), Local Government Code, applies only to an application
submitted to a commissioners court on or after the effective date of
this Act. An application submitted to a commissioners court before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when
the application was submitted, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.