Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 84.007 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
BOND AND OATH.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Before taking office and within 20 days after the date of a county auditor's appointment, the county auditor must execute a bond. The bond must be:
(1) a good and sufficient surety bond or a bond secured by two or more good and sufficient personal sureties;
(2) in the amount of $5,000 or more;
(3) payable to the district judges;
(4) conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of county auditor; and
(5) approved by the district judges.
(b) The county auditor must take the official oath and a written oath that lists the positions of public or private trust previously held and the length of service in each of those positions and that states:
(1) that he has the qualifications required by this chapter; and
(2) that he will not be personally interested in a contract with the county.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.84.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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