1-1     By:  McReynolds (Senate Sponsor - Staples)            H.B. No. 3356
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
 1-3     April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Jurisprudence; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the appointment of bailiffs by the judges of the
 1-9     district courts and county courts at law in Angelina County.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 53.001, Government Code, is amended by
1-12     amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (h) to read as
1-13     follows:
1-14           (a)  The judges of the 22nd, 30th, 70th, 71st, 78th, 89th,
1-15     161st, and 341st district courts, [the judges of the district
1-16     courts having jurisdiction in Angelina County,] the judges of the
1-17     district courts having jurisdiction in Taylor County, the judges of
1-18     the county courts at law of Taylor County, and the judge of the
1-19     County Court of Harrison County shall each appoint a bailiff.
1-20           (h)  The judges of the district courts having jurisdiction in
1-21     Angelina County and the judges of the county courts at law of
1-22     Angelina County shall each appoint a bailiff.
1-23           SECTION 2. Section 53.009, Government Code, is amended by
1-24     adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
1-25           (l)  Each bailiff appointed by a judge of a district court
1-26     having jurisdiction in Angelina County or a county court at law
1-27     judge in Angelina County is entitled to receive a salary set by the
1-28     commissioners court of that county in an amount that is not less
1-29     than the salary of a deputy sheriff regularly assigned to patrol
1-30     duty in the county.
1-31           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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