By: Castro (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2935
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011;
May 3, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 5, 2011, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 5, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of a court reporter by a criminal law
magistrate in Bexar County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 52, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 52.0441 to read as follows:
Sec. 52.0441. COURT REPORTERS FOR CRIMINAL LAW MAGISTRATES
IN BEXAR COUNTY. Each full-time Bexar County criminal law
magistrate, with the consent and approval of the Commissioners
Court of Bexar County, may appoint an official court reporter to
serve that magistrate. The reporter is a sworn officer of the court
who holds office at the pleasure of the magistrate.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect October 1, 2011.
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