S.B. No. 1554
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of officers in certain counties to
  designate a person to receive fees, commissions, or costs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 114.001, Local
  Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Each report required under this subtitle must be made in
  writing and must be sworn to before an officer authorized to
  administer oaths by the officer making the report or by a person
  designated by the officer to receive fees, commissions, or costs
  under Section 114.041(b) [before an officer authorized to
  administer oaths].
         SECTION 2.  Subsection (b), Section 114.041, Local
  Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  In a county with a population of more than 190,000, a
  district, county, or precinct officer shall keep, as part of a
  record provided for the purpose by the proper county authorities, a
  statement of the amounts earned by the officer and of the money
  received by the officer as fees, commissions, or costs. The officer
  may designate a person to receive the money as fees, commissions, or
  costs on behalf of the officer under this subsection.  The officer
  or a person designated by the officer to receive the fees,
  commissions, or costs must make an entry in the record when the
  fees, commissions, or costs are earned and when they are received.
         SECTION 3.  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 hereby certify that S.B. No. 1554 passed the Senate on
  April 22, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1554 passed the House on
  May 15, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor