By:  Harris                                                       S.B. No. 235
	(In the Senate - Filed January 24, 2005; February 3, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; 
February 17, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote:  
Yeas 4, Nays 0; February 17, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the qualifications of bailiffs and grand jury bailiffs 
for certain courts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 53.004, Government Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  To be eligible to be appointed bailiff in the 30th, 
78th, 86th, 89th, 97th, or 341st district court, the County Court of 
Harrison County, a court described in Section 53.002(c), a district 
court in Taylor County, or a county court at law of Taylor County, 
[bailiff or grand jury bailiff in a district court in Tarrant County 
that gives preference to criminal cases, or bailiff or grand jury 
bailiff in a criminal district court in Tarrant County,] a person 
must be a resident of the county in which the person serves the 
court and must be at least 21 years old.
	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.



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