Bill Text: TX SB251 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB251 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB251-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 251 | ||
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| 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 [ |
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| (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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 251 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 251 passed the House on | ||
| May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 1, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
