HBA-KMH H.B. 1274 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1274
By: Tillery
Judicial Affairs
2/23/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, judges of municipal courts and their clerks are not authorized
to administer oaths or give certificates of fact while other persons in
similar positions are so authorized.  H.B. 1274 authorizes a judge or a
clerk of a municipal court to administer an oath or to give a certificate
of fact in a matter pertaining to a duty of the court. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 602.002, Government Code, to authorize a judge
or a clerk of a municipal court to administer an oath or to give a
certificate of fact in a matter pertaining to a duty of the court.
Redesignates Subsections (1)-(10) to Subsections (2)-(11), respectively. 

SECTION 2. Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.