By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1193
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013;
April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 16, 2013, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 16, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of bailiffs for certain district
courts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 53.002(f), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(f) The judges of the 12th, 106th, 229th, 258th, 278th,
381st, and 411th district courts may each appoint a bailiff. At the
discretion of the judge, a bailiff may serve the court in each
county of the district.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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