By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 1889
	(In the Senate - Filed March 27, 2003; March 31, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; 
April 15, 2003, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6, 
Nays 0; April 15, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the appointment of a bailiff for the 411th 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, 258th, [and] 278th, and 411th
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, 258th, [and] 278th, and 
411th 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.                           



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