H.B. No. 1748
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of a facsimile signature on certain public
  securities and related certificates.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 618.003, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 618.003.  AUTHORITY FOR FACSIMILE SIGNATURE.  (a)  An
  [Except as provided by Section 618.004, an] authorized officer may
  execute, authenticate, certify, or endorse or authorize to be
  executed, authenticated, certified, or endorsed with the officer's
  facsimile signature instead of the officer's manual signature:
               (1)  a public security, instrument of payment, or
  certificate of assessment, if the use of the facsimile signature is
  authorized by the board, body, or officer empowered to authorize
  the issuance of the security, instrument, or certificate; or
               (2)  an eligible contract, if the use of the facsimile
  signature is authorized by the governing body of the municipality.
         (b)  A facsimile signature of the comptroller, or of a deputy
  designated in writing to act for the comptroller, may be placed on a
  public security required to be registered by the comptroller or a
  certificate on that security. 
         SECTION 2.  Section 618.004, Government Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1748 was passed by the House on April
  11, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 1, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1748 was passed by the Senate on May
  11, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
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            _____________________
                   Governor