1. (a) An emergency interim successor at the time of designation shall take the oath required to exercise the powers and perform the duties of office.
2. (b) An individual, before exercising the powers or performing the duties of an office to which that individual succeeds, shall comply with the law relating to taking office, including provisions for a bond and an oath.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.