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LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODETitle 4 - FINANCESSubtitle B - COUNTY FINANCESChapter 117 - DEPOSITORIES FOR CERTAIN TRUST FUNDS AND COURT REGISTRY FUNDS
Subchapter E - SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLYING TO FUNDS PAID INTO COURT REGISTRY IN COUNTY WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION
Section 117.124 - Liability of Clerk

Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 117.124

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 117.124 - Liability of Clerk
(a) A clerk is not responsible for:
(1) a loss of funds resulting from the failure or negligence of a depository; or
(2) the safety of funds after deposit in a depository selected under this subchapter.
(b) A clerk is responsible for:
(1) a loss of funds resulting from the clerk's official misconduct, negligence, or misappropriation of the funds; and
(2) the safety of funds before deposit in a depository selected under this subchapter.

Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 117.124

Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 196, Sec. 7, eff. 8/30/1999.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 17(b), eff. 8/28/1989. Renumbered from Sec. 117.126 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 752, Sec. 5, eff. 8/26/1991.