| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 1551 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the appointment of additional official court reporters |
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| 6 | 6 | | for the district courts in Nueces County. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 52, Government Code, is |
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| 9 | 9 | | amended by adding Section 52.049 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 52.049. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COURT REPORTERS IN NUECES |
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| 11 | 11 | | COUNTY. (a) The judges of the district courts in Nueces County |
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| 12 | 12 | | may employ additional official court reporters to serve the |
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| 13 | 13 | | district courts in Nueces County if a majority of the district court |
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| 14 | 14 | | judges believe more official court reporters are necessary. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) The district court judges shall, by majority vote, |
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| 16 | 16 | | determine the method of hiring the additional official court |
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| 17 | 17 | | reporters. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (c) The presiding judge of the district courts of Nueces |
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| 19 | 19 | | County shall determine the assignments of the additional official |
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| 20 | 20 | | court reporters. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (d) The total number of official court reporters serving the |
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| 22 | 22 | | district courts of Nueces County may not exceed the amount that |
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| 23 | 23 | | equals one and one-half full-time employees multiplied by the |
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| 24 | 24 | | number of district courts in Nueces County. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 26 | 26 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 28 | 28 | | I certify that H.B. No. 1551 was passed by the House on April |
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| 29 | 29 | | 22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 30 | 30 | | voting. |
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| 31 | 31 | | ______________________________ |
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| 32 | 32 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 33 | 33 | | I certify that H.B. No. 1551 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 34 | 34 | | 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 35 | 35 | | ______________________________ |
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| 36 | 36 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 37 | 37 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 38 | 38 | | Date |
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| 39 | 39 | | _____________________ |
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| 40 | 40 | | Governor |
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