By: Geren H.B. No. 3386
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to bailiffs in the county courts at law of Tarrant County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.2222, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) At least one bailiff shall be assigned regularly to each
of the county courts at law of Tarrant County.
(c-1) The judge of each respective county court at law of
Tarrant County may appoint one officer to act as bailiff of the
judge's court. The bailiff appointed by the judge serves at the
pleasure of the county court to which a bailiff is appointed, holds
office at the will of the judge of the county court to which a
bailiff is appointed, and shall perform the duties required by the
judge of the court to which the bailiff is appointed.
(c-2) If the judge of a county court at law of Tarrant County
does not appoint an officer to act as bailiff, the sheriff of
Tarrant County shall assign a bailiff for said court upon written
request of the judge. The bailiff assigned by the sheriff serves at
the pleasure of the county court to which a bailiff is assigned, and
shall perform the duties required by the judge of the court to which
the bailiff is assigned.
(c-3) Upon request of a county court at law judge, the
sheriff shall immediately assign a bailiff to the county court at
law to fill any temporary absence of the regularly appointed or
assigned bailiff.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.