87R17661 ANG-D
By: Pacheco, Campos H.B. No. 3908
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3908:
By: Johnson of Dallas C.S.H.B. No. 3908
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deputy clerks appointed to certain statutory
probate courts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.0173(g), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(g) The county clerk shall appoint a deputy clerk for each
statutory probate court. [An appointment takes effect when it is
confirmed in writing by the judge of the court to which the deputy
clerk is assigned.] A deputy clerk serves at the pleasure of the
judge of the court to which the deputy clerk is assigned. A deputy
clerk must take the constitutional oath of office, and the county
clerk may require the deputy clerk to furnish a bond in an amount,
conditioned and payable, as required by law. A deputy clerk acts in
the name of the county clerk and may perform any official act or
service required of the county clerk and shall perform any other
service required by the judge of a statutory probate court. A
deputy clerk must attend all sessions of the court to which the
deputy clerk [he] is assigned. [A deputy clerk is entitled to
receive an annual salary set by the judge in an amount that does not
exceed the amount paid the deputies of the county courts at law of
Bexar County. The salary shall be paid in equal monthly
installments as provided by law for the payment of salaries of
deputy clerks.]
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, 2021.