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79R2585 YDB-F


By:  Smith of Tarrant                                             H.B. No. 389



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the appointment of grand jury bailiffs in Tarrant 
County.       
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 53.002(g), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(g)  The judge of each district court in Tarrant County that 
gives preference to criminal cases and the judge of each criminal 
district court in Tarrant County may appoint two persons to serve as 
bailiffs.  Notwithstanding Section 53.071 or  Article 19.36, Code 
of Criminal Procedure, the [board of] district judges of the courts 
in Tarrant County that give preference to criminal cases and the 
criminal district courts in Tarrant County may appoint one bailiff 
for each grand jury.  [The total number of grand jury bailiffs shall 
not exceed two.]
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.