82R6211 CAE-F By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1893 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the appointment of a court reporter by criminal law magistrates, civil law associate judges, and juvenile law masters in Bexar County. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 52.044, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a full-time magistrate, full-time associate judge, or full-time master in Bexar County may appoint an official court reporter to serve that magistrate, associate judge, or master, as applicable. The reporter is a sworn officer of the court who holds office at the pleasure of the magistrate, associate judge, or master, as applicable, who appointed the reporter. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.