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.