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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to bailiffs in the county courts at law of Tarrant County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.2222, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) At least one bailiff shall be assigned regularly to each |
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of the county courts at law of Tarrant County. |
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(c-1) The judge of each respective county court at law of |
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Tarrant County may appoint one officer to act as bailiff of the |
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judge's court. The bailiff appointed by the judge serves at the |
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pleasure of the county court to which a bailiff is appointed, holds |
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office at the will of the judge of the county court to which a |
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bailiff is appointed, and shall perform the duties required by the |
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judge of the court to which the bailiff is appointed. |
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(c-2) If the judge of a county court at law of Tarrant County |
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does not appoint an officer to act as bailiff, the sheriff of |
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Tarrant County shall assign a bailiff for said court upon written |
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request of the judge. The bailiff assigned by the sheriff serves at |
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the pleasure of the county court to which a bailiff is assigned, and |
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shall perform the duties required by the judge of the court to which |
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the bailiff is assigned. |
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(c-3) Upon request of a county court at law judge, the |
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sheriff shall immediately assign a bailiff to the county court at |
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law to fill any temporary absence of the regularly appointed or |
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assigned bailiff. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |