By: Harris S.B. No. 1887
 
  (Smith of Tarrant)
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the appointment of bailiffs in certain county criminal
  courts of Tarrant County.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 25.2223, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (j) and adding Subsections (j-1) and (j-2) to
  read as follows:
         (j)  At least two bailiffs shall be assigned regularly to the
  County Criminal Court No. 1 of Tarrant County and the County
  Criminal Court No. 2 of Tarrant County. Except as provided by
  Subsection (j-2), the [The] judges of the County Criminal Courts
  Nos. 1 and 2 of Tarrant County shall each appoint one officer to act
  as bailiff of the judge's court, and the sheriff of Tarrant County
  shall appoint a bailiff for each court as prescribed by law. The
  bailiffs serve at the pleasure of the court and shall perform the
  duties required by the judge of the court to which the bailiffs are
  assigned.
         (j-1)  At least two bailiffs shall be assigned regularly to
  the County Criminal Courts Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of
  Tarrant County.  Except as provided by Subsection (j-2), each judge
  shall appoint one officer to act as the bailiff of the judge's
  court, and the sheriff of Tarrant County shall appoint a bailiff for
  each court as prescribed by law. A bailiff appointed under this
  subsection serves at the pleasure of the court and shall perform the
  duties required by the judge of the court to which the bailiff is
  assigned.
         (j-2)  The judge of a county criminal court listed in
  Subsection (j) or (j-1) may authorize the sheriff to appoint all
  bailiffs in the judge's court. If the sheriff is authorized by a
  judge to make the judge's appointment under this subsection, the
  sheriff shall appoint at least two officers to act as bailiffs for
  the judge's court. A bailiff appointed under this subsection
  serves at the pleasure of the court and shall perform the duties
  required by the judge of the court to which the bailiff is assigned.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.