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S.B. No. 234
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of grand jury bailiffs in Tarrant
County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (g), Section 53.002, Government Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(g) The judge of each district court in Tarrant County that
gives preference to criminal cases and the judge of each criminal
district court in Tarrant County may appoint two persons to serve as
bailiffs. Notwithstanding Section 53.071 or Article 19.36, Code of
Criminal Procedure, the [board of] district judges of the courts in
Tarrant County that give preference to criminal cases and the
criminal district courts in Tarrant County may appoint one bailiff
for each grand jury. [The total number of grand jury bailiffs shall
not exceed two.]
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 234 passed the Senate on
March 17, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 234 passed the House on
April 14, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, two
present not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
______________________________
Governor