Bill Text: TX HB2717 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the duties and responsibilities of certain county officials and the functions of county government.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2717 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB2717-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 2717
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the duties and responsibilities of certain county
  officials and the functions of county government.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 51.605(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  A clerk must each year [annually] complete 20 hours of
  continuing education courses.  A clerk must, during the first year
  of each term of office, complete:
               (1)  [including] at least one hour of continuing
  education courses regarding registry funds handled under Chapter
  117, Local Government Code, in the performance of the duties of
  office; and
               (2)  [. The 20 hours of required continuing education
  courses must include] at least one hour of continuing education
  courses regarding fraudulent court documents and fraudulent
  document filings.
         SECTION 2.  Section 62.106(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A person qualified to serve as a petit juror may
  establish an exemption from jury service if the person:
               (1)  is over 70 years of age;
               (2)  has legal custody of a child younger than 12 [15]
  years of age and the person's service on the jury requires leaving
  the child without adequate supervision;
               (3)  is a student of a public or private secondary
  school;
               (4)  is a person enrolled and in actual attendance at an
  institution of higher education;
               (5)  is an officer or an employee of the senate, the
  house of representatives, or any department, commission, board,
  office, or other agency in the legislative branch of state
  government;
               (6)  is summoned for service in a county with a
  population of at least 200,000, unless that county uses a jury plan
  under Section 62.011 and the period authorized under Section
  62.011(b)(5) exceeds two years, and the person has served as a petit
  juror in the county during the 24-month period preceding the date
  the person is to appear for jury service;
               (7)  is the primary caretaker of a person who is an
  invalid unable to care for himself;
               (8)  except as provided by Subsection (b), is summoned
  for service in a county with a population of at least 250,000 and
  the person has served as a petit juror in the county during the
  three-year period preceding the date the person is to appear for
  jury service; or
               (9)  is a member of the United States military forces
  serving on active duty and deployed to a location away from the
  person's home station and out of the person's county of residence.
         SECTION 3.  Section 191.0045, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (i) to
  read as follows:
         (h)  In addition to other fees collected under this section,
  a local registrar or county clerk may collect a fee not to exceed $1
  for:
               (1)  preserving [the preservation of] vital statistics
  records maintained by the registrar or county clerk, including
  birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce, and annulment
  records;
               (2)  training registrar or county clerk employees
  regarding vital statistics records; and
               (3)  ensuring the safety and security of vital
  statistics records
         (i)  A fee under this section shall be collected by the
  registrar or county clerk on the issuance of a vital statistics
  record, including a record issued through a Remote Birth Access
  site.
         SECTION 4.  Section 132.002(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioners court of a county may authorize a
  county or precinct officer who collects fees, fines, court costs,
  or other charges on behalf of the county or the state to accept
  payment by credit card or electronic means of a fee, fine, court
  costs, or other charge. The commissioners court may also authorize
  a county or precinct officer to collect and retain a fee for
  processing the payment by credit card or electronic means.
         SECTION 5.  Section 191.030, Health and Safety Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 6.  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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2717 was passed by the House on April
  21, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 1, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 2717 on May 25, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 1,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2717 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 24, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor       
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