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	Amend SB 1951 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION  to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____. Section 53.001, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
	(j) The judge of the 115th District Court shall appoint a 
bailiff to serve the court only in Upshur County.
	SECTION ____. Section 53.004, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g) A bailiff appointed by the judge of the 115th District 
Court to serve the court in Upshur County must be:
		(1) a resident of that county; and                                     
		(2) at least 18 years of age.                                          
	SECTION ____. Sections 53.007 (a) and (b), Government Code, 
are amended to read as follows:
	(a) This section applies to:                                                   
		(1) the 22nd, 34th, 70th, 71st, 86th, 97th, 142nd, 
161st, 238th, 318th, 341st, 355th, and 385th district courts;
		(2) the County Court of Harrison County;                                      
		(3) the criminal district courts of Tarrant County;                           
		(4) the district courts in Taylor County;                                     
		(5) the courts described in Section 53.002(c), (d), 
(e), or (f);            
		(6) the county courts at law of Taylor County; [and]         
		(7) the district courts in Tarrant County that give 
preference to criminal cases; and
		(8) the 115th District Court in Upshur County.                         
	 (b) On the request of the judge of a court to which this 
section applies other than the 115th District Court, the sheriff of 
each county in which the court sits shall deputize the bailiff or 
grand jury bailiff appointed under this subchapter of that court, 
in addition to other deputies authorized by law. On the request of 
the judge of the 115th District Court, the sheriff of Upshur County 
shall deputize the bailiff appointed by that judge under Section 
53.001(j), in addition to other deputies authorized by law.