88R6952 KBB-F     By: Leach, et al. H.B. No. 1748       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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  Section 618.004, Government Code, is repealed.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.