73R3987 MWV-D
By Cook H.B. No. 1108
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to appointment of a bailiff for the 355th District Court.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 53.002(a), Government Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 (a) The judges of the 34th, 86th, 142nd, 238th, <and> 318th,
1-7 and 355th district courts may each appoint a bailiff.
1-8 SECTION 2. Section 53.004(e), Government Code, is amended to
1-9 read as follows:
1-10 (e) To be eligible to be appointed bailiff for the 355th
1-11 District Court or under Section 53.001(g), a person must be at
1-12 least 21 years old and hold a peace officer license under Chapter
1-13 415 from the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and
1-14 Education. This subsection does not apply to a person serving as
1-15 bailiff of a court described by Section 53.001(g) on September 1,
1-16 1991.
1-17 SECTION 3. Section 53.007(a), Government Code, is amended to
1-18 read as follows:
1-19 (a) This section applies to:
1-20 (1) the 22nd, 34th, 70th, 71st, 86th, 97th, 142nd,
1-21 161st, 238th, 297th, 318th, <and> 341st, and 355th district courts;
1-22 (2) the County Court of Harrison County;
1-23 (3) the criminal district courts of Tarrant County;
1-24 (4) the district courts in Taylor County;
2-1 (5) the courts described in Section 53.002(c),
2-2 53.002(d), or 53.002(e); and
2-3 (6) the county courts at law of Taylor County.
2-4 SECTION 4. Section 53.008, Government Code, is amended to
2-5 read as follows:
2-6 Sec. 53.008. Oath. The bailiffs of the 22nd, 34th, 70th,
2-7 86th, 97th, 142nd, 161st, 238th, 297th, 318th, <and> 341st, and
2-8 355th district courts, the bailiffs of the courts described in
2-9 Section 53.002(c), 53.002(d), or 53.002(e), the grand jury bailiff
2-10 of the 297th District Court, the bailiffs of the district courts in
2-11 Taylor County, and the bailiffs of the county courts at law of
2-12 Taylor County shall each swear to the following oath, to be
2-13 administered by the judge: "I solemnly swear that I will
2-14 faithfully and impartially perform all duties as may be required of
2-15 me by law, so help me God."
2-16 SECTION 5. Section 53.009(a), Government Code, is amended to
2-17 read as follows:
2-18 (a) Each bailiff appointed by a judge of the 30th, 78th,
2-19 <or> 89th, or 355th district court, by a district judge in Potter,
2-20 Randall, or Taylor County, or by a judge of a county court at law
2-21 of Potter or Taylor County is entitled to receive a salary set by
2-22 the judge and approved by the commissioners court. The salary is
2-23 paid out of the general fund of the county, except in Potter
2-24 County, where the salary shall be set by the commissioners court.
2-25 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-26 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
2-27 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.