Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1839 amends the Government Code to require the Tarrant County sheriff to appoint one bailiff for each criminal district court in that county and to authorize the judge of each criminal district court to appoint two bailiffs for the judge's court. The act authorizes the board of district judges of courts that either give preference to criminal cases or are criminal district courts to appoint one bailiff for each grand jury, provided that there are no more than a total of two grand jury bailiffs.