Texas 2023 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3671 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/06/2023

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                    88R13634 TSS-D
 By: Jones of Harris H.B. No. 3671


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to justice court security.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 27, Government Code, is
 amended by adding Section 27.007 to read as follows:
 Sec. 27.007.  JUSTICE COURT SECURITY. (a)  The
 commissioners court of a county shall provide each justice court
 with a walkthrough metal detector and an armed bailiff, deputy
 sheriff, or contract security guard for each door of the court open
 to the public.
 (b)  A justice of the peace shall require each person who
 enters the justice court, other than court employees, while the
 court is in session to walk through a metal detector and be subject
 to further security procedures.
 (c)  In complying with this section, the commissioners court
 shall first use money in the county's courthouse security fund
 established under Article 102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure, and
 only if necessary, money from the general revenue fund of the
 county.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.