74R8674 MLR-F
          By Brady                                              H.B. No. 2818
          Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2818:
          By Thompson                                       C.S.H.B. No. 2818
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the appointment of bailiffs for the 9th, Second 9th,
    1-3  221st, 284th, and 359th district courts and the county courts at
    1-4  law in Montgomery County.
    1-5        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-6        SECTION 1.   Section 53.002, Government Code, is amended by
    1-7  adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
    1-8        (f)  The judges of the 9th, Second 9th, 221st, 284th, and
    1-9  359th district courts and the judges of the county courts at law in
   1-10  Montgomery County may each appoint a bailiff.  At the discretion of
   1-11  the judge, a bailiff for a district court that is composed of more
   1-12  than one county may serve the court in each county of the district.
   1-13        SECTION 2.  Section 53.006(a), Government Code, is amended to
   1-14  read as follows:
   1-15        (a)  A bailiff or grand jury bailiff appointed under Section
   1-16  53.001 or 53.002(a), (c), (d), (e), or (f)<, 53.002(a), 53.002(c),
   1-17  53.002(d), or 53.002(e)> is an officer of the court.
   1-18        SECTION 3.  Section 53.009, Government Code, is amended by
   1-19  adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
   1-20        (k)  A bailiff appointed under Section 53.002(f) is entitled
   1-21  to receive a salary set by the judge.  If a bailiff serves more
   1-22  than one county, the salary shall be apportioned by the judge among
   1-23  the counties in which the bailiff is designated to serve.  The
    2-1  judge shall give each commissioners court in the district written
    2-2  notification of the amount of compensation to be paid by the
    2-3  county.  The salary is paid out of the general fund of each county.
    2-4        SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
    2-5        SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the
    2-6  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
    2-7  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
    2-8  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    2-9  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.