By:  Duncan                                                       S.B. No. 550


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the compensation of security personnel of certain 
courts, including the payment of compensation for the bailiff of 
the 106th District Court.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (k), Section 53.009, Government Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(k)  The bailiffs of the 12th, 84th, 106th, 258th, 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, except that the salary paid to the bailiff of the 106th 
District Court may be paid out of either the general fund or the 
courthouse security fund of each county.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (d), Article 102.017, Code of 
Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	(d)  The clerks of the respective courts shall collect the 
costs and pay them to the county or municipal treasurer, as 
appropriate, or to any other official who discharges the duties 
commonly delegated to the county or municipal treasurer, as 
appropriate, for deposit in a fund to be known as the courthouse 
security fund or a fund to be known as the municipal court building 
security fund, as appropriate.  A fund designated by this 
subsection may be used only to finance security personnel for a 
district, county, justice, or municipal court, as appropriate, or 
to finance items when used for the purpose of providing security 
services for buildings housing a district, county, justice, or 
municipal court, as appropriate, including:
		(1)  the purchase or repair of X-ray machines and 
conveying systems;        
		(2)  handheld metal detectors;                                                
		(3)  walkthrough metal detectors;                                             
		(4)  identification cards and systems;                                        
		(5)  electronic locking and surveillance equipment;                           
		(6)  bailiffs, deputy sheriffs, deputy constables, or 
contract security personnel during times when they are providing 
appropriate security services;
		(7)  signage;                                                                 
		(8)  confiscated weapon inventory and tracking 
systems;                     
		(9)  locks, chains, alarms, or similar security 
devices;                    
		(10)  the purchase or repair of bullet-proof glass; and                       
		(11)  continuing education on security issues for court 
personnel and security personnel.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.