87R17659 TSS-F     By: Pacheco, Campos H.B. No. 3900     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3900:     By:  Leach C.S.H.B. No. 3900       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the appointment of a deputy clerk to certain county   courts at law.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 25.0172(p), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (p)  The county clerk shall keep a separate docket for each   county court at law.  The county clerk shall appoint a deputy clerk   for each county court at law.  [An appointment of a deputy clerk of   County Court at Law No. 2 or 3 takes effect when it is confirmed in   writing by the judge of the court to which the deputy clerk is   assigned and the deputy clerk serves at the pleasure of the judge of   the court to which he is assigned.]  A deputy clerk must take the   constitutional oath of office and may be required to furnish bond in   an amount, conditioned and payable, as required by the county   clerk.  A deputy clerk must attend all sessions of the court to   which the deputy clerk [he] is assigned.  A deputy clerk acts in the   name of the county clerk and may perform any official act or service   required of the county clerk and shall perform any other service   required by the judge of a county court at law.  The deputy clerks   may act for one another in performing services for the county courts   at law, but a deputy is not entitled to receive additional   compensation for acting for another deputy.  If a vacancy occurs,   the county clerk shall immediately appoint another deputy clerk as   provided by this subsection.  [A deputy clerk of a county court at   law is entitled to the same amount of compensation as received by   the deputy clerks of the other county courts at law in Bexar County.     The commissioners court shall pay the salary of a deputy clerk in   equal monthly installments from county funds.]          SECTION 2.  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, 2021.