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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hughes S.B. No. 1221 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the composition and duties of a court security |
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| 10 | 10 | | committee. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 74.092(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 13 | 13 | | to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) A local administrative judge, for the courts for which |
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| 15 | 15 | | the judge serves as local administrative judge, shall: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) implement and execute the local rules of |
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| 17 | 17 | | administration, including the assignment, docketing, transfer, and |
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| 18 | 18 | | hearing of cases; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) appoint any special or standing committees |
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| 20 | 20 | | necessary or desirable for court management and administration; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) promulgate local rules of administration if the |
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| 22 | 22 | | other judges do not act by a majority vote; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (4) recommend to the regional presiding judge any |
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| 24 | 24 | | needs for assignment from outside the county to dispose of court |
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| 25 | 25 | | caseloads; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (5) supervise the expeditious movement of court |
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| 27 | 27 | | caseloads, subject to local, regional, and state rules of |
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| 28 | 28 | | administration; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (6) provide the supreme court and the office of court |
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| 30 | 30 | | administration requested statistical and management information; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (7) set the hours and places for holding court in the |
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| 32 | 32 | | county; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (8) supervise the employment and performance of |
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| 34 | 34 | | nonjudicial personnel; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (9) supervise the budget and fiscal matters of the |
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| 36 | 36 | | local courts, subject to local rules of administration; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (10) coordinate and cooperate with any other local |
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| 38 | 38 | | administrative judge in the district in the assignment of cases in |
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| 39 | 39 | | the courts' concurrent jurisdiction for the efficient operation of |
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| 40 | 40 | | the court system and the effective administration of justice; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (11) if requested by the courts the judge serves, |
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| 42 | 42 | | establish and maintain the lists required by Section 37.003 and |
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| 43 | 43 | | ensure appointments are made from the lists in accordance with |
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| 44 | 44 | | Section 37.004; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (12) perform other duties as may be directed by the |
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| 46 | 46 | | chief justice or a regional presiding judge; and |
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| 47 | 47 | | (13) establish a court security committee to adopt |
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| 48 | 48 | | security policies and procedures for the courts served by the local |
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| 49 | 49 | | administrative district judge that is composed of: |
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| 50 | 50 | | (A) the local administrative district judge, or |
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| 51 | 51 | | the judge's designee, who serves as presiding officer of the |
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| 52 | 52 | | committee; |
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| 53 | 53 | | (B) a representative of the sheriff's office; |
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| 54 | 54 | | (C) a representative of each constable's office |
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| 55 | 55 | | in the county; |
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| 56 | 56 | | (D) a representative of the county commissioners |
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| 57 | 57 | | court; |
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| 58 | 58 | | (E) [(D)] one judge of each type of court in the |
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| 59 | 59 | | county other than a municipal court or a municipal court of record; |
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| 60 | 60 | | (F) a justice of the peace who serves the county; |
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| 61 | 61 | | (G) [(E)] a representative of any county |
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| 62 | 62 | | attorney's office, district attorney's office, or criminal district |
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| 63 | 63 | | attorney's office that serves in the applicable courts; and |
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| 64 | 64 | | (H) [(F)] any other person the committee |
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| 65 | 65 | | determines necessary to assist the committee. |
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| 66 | 66 | | SECTION 2. Section 74.092(b), Government Code, is |
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| 67 | 67 | | redesignated as Section 74.0922, Government Code, and amended to |
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| 68 | 68 | | read as follows: |
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| 69 | 69 | | Sec. 74.0922. DUTIES OF COURT SECURITY COMMITTEE. [(b)] A |
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| 70 | 70 | | court security committee established under Section 74.092(a)(13) |
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| 71 | 71 | | shall meet at least once annually to develop and submit |
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| 72 | 72 | | recommendations [may recommend] to the county commissioners court |
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| 73 | 73 | | on the uses of resources and expenditures of money for courthouse |
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| 74 | 74 | | security, including recommendations on the allocation of any county |
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| 75 | 75 | | court security budget, but may not direct the assignment of those |
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| 76 | 76 | | resources or the expenditure of those funds. |
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| 77 | 77 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 78 | 78 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 79 | 79 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 80 | 80 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 81 | 81 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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