Texas Local Government Code - Section 83.002. Bond
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§ 83.002. BOND. (a) The county treasurer, before
beginning to perform the duties of office, must execute a bond with
a surety company authorized to do business in this state as a
surety. The bond must be:
(1) approved by the commissioners court;
(2) made payable to the county judge in an amount
established by the commissioners court not to exceed one-half of
one percent of the largest amount budgeted for general county
maintenance and operations for any fiscal year of the county
beginning during the term of office preceding the term for which the
bond is to be given, except that the amount may not be less than
$5,000 or more than $500,000; and
(3) conditioned that the treasurer will faithfully
execute the duties of office.
(b) The treasurer must take and subscribe the official oath,
which must be endorsed on the bond. The bond and the oath shall be
recorded in the county clerk's office. The commissioners court
may, at any time, require the treasurer to obtain a new or
additional bond if the court considers the existing bond
insufficient or doubtful. The bond may not exceed the maximum
amount provided by Subsection (a). The bond must be acquired within
20 days after the date notice of the requirement has been given by
the commissioners court. The failure of a treasurer to obtain a
bond required by this subsection subjects the treasurer to removal
under Section 83.004.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended
by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 605, § 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999; Acts
1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1097, § 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1999; Acts 2005,
79th Leg., ch. 335, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005; Acts 2005, 79th
Leg., ch. 1094, § 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Section: 81.033 82.001 82.002 82.003 82.004 82.005 83.001 83.002 83.003 83.004 83.005 83.006 84.001 84.002 84.003
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