By: Raney (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 2272
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
April 30, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Criminal Justice; May 6, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 6, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
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WhitmireX
HuffmanX
BurtonX
CreightonX
HinojosaX
MenéndezX
PerryX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to surety bond requirements for reserve deputy sheriffs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 85.004, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
read as follows:
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), a [A] reserve
deputy, before beginning to perform the duties of office and at the
time of appointment, must file an oath and execute and file a bond
in the amount of $2,000 payable to the sheriff. The oath and bond
shall be filed with the county clerk.
(c-1) If a sheriff appoints more than one reserve deputy
sheriff, the sheriff may execute a blanket surety bond to cover the
reserve deputy sheriffs. Instead of a reserve deputy sheriff
executing an individual bond under Subsection (c) or the sheriff
executing a blanket surety bond, the county may self-insure against
losses that would have been covered by the bond.
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, 2015.
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