Bill Text: TX HB1250 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of facsimile signatures for certain documents involving certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-16 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [HB1250 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1250-Introduced.html
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By: Frullo | H.B. No. 1250 |
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relating to the use of facsimile signatures for certain documents | ||
involving certain municipalities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 618.002(3), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(3) "Eligible contract" means a written evidence of | ||
agreement, including a contract, purchase order, and surety bond, | ||
and any related document, including an application, certificate, | ||
and approval, other than a public security or instrument of | ||
payment, that is executed, authenticated, certified, or endorsed | ||
for or on behalf of a home-rule municipality with a population of | ||
200,000 [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 342.007(b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) To obtain a lien against the property, the mayor, | ||
municipal health authority, or municipal official designated by the | ||
mayor must file a statement of expenses with the county clerk of the | ||
county in which the municipality is located. The lien statement | ||
must state the name of the owner, if known, and the legal | ||
description of the property. A signature on a lien statement may be | ||
a facsimile signature as defined by Section 618.002, Government | ||
Code. The lien attaches upon the filing of the lien statement with | ||
the county clerk. | ||
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, 2011. |