By: McLaughlin H.B. No. 3104
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the salary of bailiffs appointed by certain district
courts in Webb County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 53.009(d) and (e), Government Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(d) Each [The] bailiff appointed by a [the] judge of the
341st or 406th district court [District Court] is entitled to
receive a salary set by the commissioners court [judge] in an amount
that is commensurate with the salary paid the bailiffs of other
courts with similar duties. The salary is paid out of the general
fund of the county.
(e) A bailiff is entitled to receive from the county in
which the bailiff [he] serves a salary set by the judge or the
commissioners court, as applicable, in an amount that does not
exceed the salary of the chief deputy sheriff of the county. A
[The] judge who sets the salary for a bailiff shall give each
commissioners court in the district written notification of the
amount of compensation to be paid by the county. The salary is paid
out of the general fund of the county.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.