1-1 By: Cook (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 1108
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 1993;
1-3 April 27, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Jurisprudence; May 18, 1993, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 18, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Henderson x
1-9 Harris of Tarrant x
1-10 Brown x
1-11 Harris of Dallas x
1-12 Luna x
1-13 Parker x
1-14 West x
1-15 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-16 AN ACT
1-17 relating to appointment of a bailiff for the 355th District Court.
1-18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-19 SECTION 1. Section 53.002(a), Government Code, is amended to
1-20 read as follows:
1-21 (a) The judges of the 34th, 86th, 142nd, 238th, <and> 318th,
1-22 and 355th district courts may each appoint a bailiff.
1-23 SECTION 2. Section 53.004(e), Government Code, is amended to
1-24 read as follows:
1-25 (e) To be eligible to be appointed bailiff for the 355th
1-26 District Court or under Section 53.001(g), a person must be at
1-27 least 21 years old and hold a peace officer license under Chapter
1-28 415 from the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and
1-29 Education. This subsection does not apply to a person serving as
1-30 bailiff of a court described by Section 53.001(g) on September 1,
1-31 1991.
1-32 SECTION 3. Section 53.007(a), Government Code, is amended to
1-33 read as follows:
1-34 (a) This section applies to:
1-35 (1) the 22nd, 34th, 70th, 71st, 86th, 97th, 142nd,
1-36 161st, 238th, 297th, 318th, <and> 341st, and 355th district courts;
1-37 (2) the County Court of Harrison County;
1-38 (3) the criminal district courts of Tarrant County;
1-39 (4) the district courts in Taylor County;
1-40 (5) the courts described in Section 53.002(c),
1-41 53.002(d), or 53.002(e); and
1-42 (6) the county courts at law of Taylor County.
1-43 SECTION 4. Section 53.008, Government Code, is amended to
1-44 read as follows:
1-45 Sec. 53.008. Oath. The bailiffs of the 22nd, 34th, 70th,
1-46 86th, 97th, 142nd, 161st, 238th, 297th, 318th, <and> 341st, and
1-47 355th district courts, the bailiffs of the courts described in
1-48 Section 53.002(c), 53.002(d), or 53.002(e), the grand jury bailiff
1-49 of the 297th District Court, the bailiffs of the district courts in
1-50 Taylor County, and the bailiffs of the county courts at law of
1-51 Taylor County shall each swear to the following oath, to be
1-52 administered by the judge: "I solemnly swear that I will
1-53 faithfully and impartially perform all duties as may be required of
1-54 me by law, so help me God."
1-55 SECTION 5. Section 53.009(a), Government Code, is amended to
1-56 read as follows:
1-57 (a) Each bailiff appointed by a judge of the 30th, 78th,
1-58 <or> 89th, or 355th district court, by a district judge in Potter,
1-59 Randall, or Taylor County, or by a judge of a county court at law
1-60 of Potter or Taylor County is entitled to receive a salary set by
1-61 the judge and approved by the commissioners court. The salary is
1-62 paid out of the general fund of the county, except in Potter
1-63 County, where the salary shall be set by the commissioners court.
1-64 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-65 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
1-66 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-67 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-68 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
2-2 * * * * *
2-3 Austin,
2-4 Texas
2-5 May 18, 1993
2-6 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-7 President of the Senate
2-8 Sir:
2-9 We, your Committee on Jurisprudence to which was referred H.B.
2-10 No. 1108, have had the same under consideration, and I am
2-11 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
2-12 that it do pass and be printed.
2-13 Henderson,
2-14 Chairman
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2-16 WITNESSES
2-17 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 1108.