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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 by district courts and |
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county courts at law in Bowie County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 53.001, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: |
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(k) The judges of the 5th, 102nd, and 202nd district courts |
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and the judges of the county courts at law of Bowie County shall |
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appoint one or more bailiffs to serve the courts in Bowie County. |
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SECTION 2. Section 53.007(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies to: |
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(1) the 34th, 70th, 71st, 86th, 97th, 130th, 142nd, |
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161st, 238th, 318th, 341st, 355th, and 385th district courts; |
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(2) the County Court of Harrison County; |
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(3) the criminal district courts of Tarrant County; |
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(4) the district courts in Taylor County; |
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(5) the courts described in Section 53.002(c), (d), |
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(e), or (f); |
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(6) the county courts at law of Taylor County; |
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(7) the district courts in Tarrant County that give |
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preference to criminal cases; [and] |
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(8) the 115th District Court in Upshur County; and |
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(9) the 5th, 102nd, and 202nd district courts and the |
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county courts at law of Bowie County. |
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SECTION 3. Section 53.0071, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 53.0071. BAILIFF AS PEACE OFFICER. Unless the |
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appointing judge provides otherwise in the order of appointment, a |
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bailiff appointed under Section 53.001(b), [or] (g), or (k) or |
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53.002(c), (e), or (f) is a "peace officer" for purposes of Article |
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2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |