Tex.
Gov't Code Section 403.114
Bond Clerk
(a)
The comptroller shall appoint a bond clerk. Before taking office the bond clerk shall take the official oath. The bond clerk serves at the pleasure of the comptroller.(b)
The bond clerk, under the comptroller’s supervision, direction, and authority, shall perform all duties relating to the registration of bonds imposed on the comptroller by this chapter. The bond clerk may sign the comptroller’s name to a certificate of registration of a bond that the bond clerk registers and that is required by law to be registered by the comptroller. In the absence of the bond clerk the chief clerk may perform the bond clerk’s duties.(c)
The comptroller shall designate and appoint, from the employees of the comptroller’s office, assistants to the bond clerk. The designation and appointment must be in writing, certified under the seal of the comptroller, and filed with the bond clerk. The assistants, under the direction and authority of the comptroller, shall perform all duties relating to the registration of bonds imposed on the comptroller by this chapter. Each assistant may sign the comptroller’s name to a certificate of registration of a bond that the assistant registers and that is required by law to be registered by the comptroller. The duties assigned by the comptroller to the assistants are in addition to other duties that may be assigned to the assistants.
Source:
Section 403.114 — Bond Clerk, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.403.htm#403.114 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
