Bill Text: TX SB657 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the filing of oaths of office and signed statements by certain judicial officers and judicial appointees with the secretary of state.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-11 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [SB657 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB657-Engrossed.html
| By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 657 | |
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| relating to the filing of oaths of office and signed statements by | ||
| certain judicial officers and judicial appointees with the | ||
| secretary of state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 602, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 602.007 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 602.007. FILING OF OATH MADE BY CERTAIN JUDICIAL | ||
| OFFICERS AND JUDICIAL APPOINTEES. The oath made and signed | ||
| statement executed as required by Section 1, Article XVI, Texas | ||
| Constitution, by any of the following judicial officers and | ||
| judicial appointees shall be filed with the secretary of state: | ||
| (1) an officer appointed by the supreme court, the | ||
| court of criminal appeals, or the State Bar of Texas; and | ||
| (2) an associate judge appointed under Subchapter B or | ||
| C, Chapter 201, Family Code. | ||
| 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, 2017. | ||
