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  H.B. No. 108
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to persons eligible to be appointed as a receiver for
  certain mineral interests.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 64.091(d), Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (d)  In an action under Subsection (b)(1):
               (1)  the plaintiff, in the verified petition, must name
  the last known owner or the last record owner of the interest as
  defendant;
               (2)  the plaintiff must serve notice on the defendant
  by publication as provided by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure;
               (3)  the court may appoint as receiver the county judge
  and his successors[, the county clerk and his successors,] or any
  other resident of the county in which the land is located;
               (4)  notwithstanding the Texas Rules of Civil
  Procedure, the applicant is not required to post bond; and
               (5)  the receiver is not required to post bond.
         SECTION 2.  Section 64.093(d), Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (d)  In an action under Subsection (a):
               (1)  the plaintiff, in the petition, must name the last
  known owner or the last record owner of the interest as defendant;
               (2)  the plaintiff must serve notice on the defendant
  by publication as provided by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure;
               (3)  the court may appoint as receiver the county
  judge[, the county clerk,] or any other resident of the county in
  which the land is located;
               (4)  notwithstanding the Texas Rules of Civil
  Procedure, the applicant is not required to post bond; and
               (5)  the receiver is not required to post bond.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to the appointment of a receiver made on or after the effective date
  of this Act. An appointment made before the effective date of this
  Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
  effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  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, 2009.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 108 was passed by the House on April
  24, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 108 was passed by the Senate on May
  26, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor