| 1 | 1 | | By: Harris S.B. No. 1887 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Smith of Tarrant) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the appointment of bailiffs in certain county criminal |
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| 8 | 8 | | courts of Tarrant County. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 25.2223, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | amending Subsection (j) and adding Subsections (j-1) and (j-2) to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (j) At least two bailiffs shall be assigned regularly to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | County Criminal Court No. 1 of Tarrant County and the County |
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| 15 | 15 | | Criminal Court No. 2 of Tarrant County. Except as provided by |
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| 16 | 16 | | Subsection (j-2), the [The] judges of the County Criminal Courts |
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| 17 | 17 | | Nos. 1 and 2 of Tarrant County shall each appoint one officer to act |
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| 18 | 18 | | as bailiff of the judge's court, and the sheriff of Tarrant County |
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| 19 | 19 | | shall appoint a bailiff for each court as prescribed by law. The |
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| 20 | 20 | | bailiffs serve at the pleasure of the court and shall perform the |
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| 21 | 21 | | duties required by the judge of the court to which the bailiffs are |
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| 22 | 22 | | assigned. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (j-1) At least two bailiffs shall be assigned regularly to |
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| 24 | 24 | | the County Criminal Courts Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of |
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| 25 | 25 | | Tarrant County. Except as provided by Subsection (j-2), each judge |
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| 26 | 26 | | shall appoint one officer to act as the bailiff of the judge's |
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| 27 | 27 | | court, and the sheriff of Tarrant County shall appoint a bailiff for |
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| 28 | 28 | | each court as prescribed by law. A bailiff appointed under this |
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| 29 | 29 | | subsection serves at the pleasure of the court and shall perform the |
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| 30 | 30 | | duties required by the judge of the court to which the bailiff is |
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| 31 | 31 | | assigned. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (j-2) The judge of a county criminal court listed in |
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| 33 | 33 | | Subsection (j) or (j-1) may authorize the sheriff to appoint all |
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| 34 | 34 | | bailiffs in the judge's court. If the sheriff is authorized by a |
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| 35 | 35 | | judge to make the judge's appointment under this subsection, the |
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| 36 | 36 | | sheriff shall appoint at least two officers to act as bailiffs for |
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| 37 | 37 | | the judge's court. A bailiff appointed under this subsection |
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| 38 | 38 | | serves at the pleasure of the court and shall perform the duties |
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| 39 | 39 | | required by the judge of the court to which the bailiff is assigned. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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