By McReynolds                                         H.B. No. 3356
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the appointment of bailiffs by the judges of the
 1-3     district courts and county courts at law in Angelina County.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 53.001, Government Code, is amended by
 1-6     amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (h) to read as
 1-7     follows:
 1-8           (a)  The judges of the 22nd, 30th, 70th, 71st, 78th, 89th,
 1-9     161st, and 341st district courts, [the judges of the district
1-10     courts having jurisdiction in Angelina County,] the judges of the
1-11     district courts having jurisdiction in Taylor County, the judges of
1-12     the county courts at law of Taylor County, and the judge of the
1-13     County Court of Harrison County shall each appoint a bailiff.
1-14           (h)  The judges of the district courts having jurisdiction in
1-15     Angelina County and the judges of the county courts at law of
1-16     Angelina County shall each appoint a bailiff.
1-17           SECTION 2. Section 53.009, Government Code, is amended by
1-18     adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
1-19           (l)  Each bailiff appointed by a judge of a district court
1-20     having jurisdiction in Angelina County or a county court at law
1-21     judge in Angelina County is entitled to receive a salary set by the
1-22     commissioners court of that county in an amount that is not less
1-23     than the salary of a deputy sheriff regularly assigned to patrol
1-24     duty in the county.
 2-1           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.