By: West S.B. No. 251
(Carter)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an unsworn declaration made by an employee of a state
agency or political subdivision in the performance of the
employee's job duties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 132.001, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection
(f) to read as follows:
(d) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (e) and
(f), an unsworn declaration made under this section must include a
jurat in substantially the following form:
"My name is __________ _________ ____________, my
(First) (Middle) (Last)
date of birth is _________________, and my address is
_____________, ____________, _________, ____________,
(Street) (City) (State) (Zip Code)
and __________________. I declare under penalty of
(Country)
perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed in _______ County, State of ________, on
the ________ day of ________, ________.
(Month) (Year)
____________________
Declarant"
(f) An unsworn declaration made under this section by an
employee of a state agency or a political subdivision in the
performance of the employee's job duties, must include a jurat in
substantially the following form:
"My name is ___________ __________ ___________,
(First) (Middle) (Last)
and I am an employee of the following governmental
agency: __________________. I am executing this
declaration as part of my assigned duties and
responsibilities. I declare under penalty of perjury
that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed in _____________ County, State of
_________, on the _____ day of ________, _______.
(Month) (Year)
____________________
Declarant"
SECTION 2. Subsection (f), Section 132.001, Civil Practice
and Remedies Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an unsworn
declaration executed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
unsworn declaration executed before the effective date of this Act
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 September 1, 2013.