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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appointment of a bailiff for the 130th Judicial |
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District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 53.002(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The judges of the 34th, 86th, 130th, 142nd, 238th, |
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318th, 355th, and 385th district courts may each appoint a bailiff. |
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SECTION 2. Section 53.004(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) To be eligible to be appointed bailiff in the 30th, |
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78th, 86th, 89th, 130th, or 341st district court, the County Court |
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of Harrison County, a court described in Section 53.002(c), a |
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district court in Taylor County, or a county court at law of Taylor |
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County, a person must be a resident of the county in which the |
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person serves the court and must be at least 21 years old. |
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SECTION 3. Section 53.007(a)(1) is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(1) the 22nd, 34th, 70th, 71st, 86th, 97th, 130th, |
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142nd, 161st, 238th, 318th, 341st, 355th, and 385th district |
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courts; |
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SECTION 4. Section 53.008 is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 53.008. OATH. The bailiffs of the 22nd, 34th, 70th, |
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86th, 97th, 130th, 142nd, 161st, 238th, 318th, 341st, 355th, and |
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385th district courts, the bailiffs of the courts described in |
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Section 53.002(c), (d), (e), or (f), the bailiffs and the grand jury |
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bailiffs of the district courts in Tarrant County that give |
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preference to criminal cases, the bailiffs and grand jury bailiffs |
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of the criminal district courts in Tarrant County, the bailiffs of |
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the district courts in Taylor County, and the bailiffs of the county |
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courts at law of Taylor County shall each swear to the following |
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oath, to be administered by the judge: "I solemnly swear that I |
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will faithfully and impartially perform all duties as may be |
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required of me by law, so help me God." |
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SECTION 5. 53.009 (l), Government Code is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(l) Each bailiff appointed by a judge of a district court |
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having jurisdiction in Angelina County or a county court at law |
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judge in Angelina County or of the 130th district court is entitled |
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to receive a salary set by the commissioners court of that county in |
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an amount that is not less than the salary of a deputy sheriff |
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regularly assigned to patrol duty in the county. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act take effect September 1, 2009. |