By:  Duncan                                                       S.B. No. 1018


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the appointment of a bailiff for the 106th District 
Court.      
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (f), Section 53.002, Government Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(f)  The judges of the 12th, 106th, 258th, and 278th district 
courts may each appoint a bailiff.  At the discretion of the judge, 
a bailiff may serve the court in each county of the district.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (k), Section 53.009, Government Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(k)  The bailiffs of the 12th, 84th, 106th, 258th, and 278th 
district courts are entitled to receive a salary set by the judge 
and approved by the commissioners court of each of the counties in 
which the bailiff is designated to serve, except that the amount of 
the salary paid the bailiff of the 84th District Court must be 
commensurate with the salary paid the bailiffs of other courts with 
similar duties.  The salary shall be apportioned by the judge among 
the counties in which the bailiff is designated to serve.  The judge 
shall give each commissioners court in the district written 
notification of the amount of compensation to be paid by the county.  
The salary is paid out of the general fund of each county.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.