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AN ACT
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relating to a bailiff for the 130th District Court. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 53.002, Government Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The judges of the 34th, 86th, 130th, 142nd, 238th, |
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318th, 355th, and 385th district courts may each appoint a bailiff. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 53.004, Government Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) To be eligible to be appointed bailiff in the 30th, |
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78th, 86th, 89th, 130th, or 341st district court, the County Court |
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of Harrison County, a court described in Section 53.002(c), a |
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district court in Taylor County, or a county court at law of Taylor |
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County, a person must be a resident of the county in which the |
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person serves the court and must be at least 21 years old. |
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SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 53.007, Government Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies to: |
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(1) the 22nd, 34th, 70th, 71st, 86th, 97th, 130th, |
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142nd, 161st, 238th, 318th, 341st, 355th, and 385th district |
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courts; |
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(2) the County Court of Harrison County; |
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(3) the criminal district courts of Tarrant County; |
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(4) the district courts in Taylor County; |
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(5) the courts described in Section 53.002(c), (d), |
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(e), or (f); |
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(6) the county courts at law of Taylor County; |
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(7) the district courts in Tarrant County that give |
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preference to criminal cases; and |
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(8) the 115th District Court in Upshur County. |
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SECTION 4. Section 53.008, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 53.008. OATH. The bailiffs of the 22nd, 34th, 70th, |
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86th, 97th, 130th, 142nd, 161st, 238th, 318th, 341st, 355th, and |
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385th district courts, the bailiffs of the courts described in |
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Section 53.002(c), (d), (e), or (f), the bailiffs and the grand jury |
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bailiffs of the district courts in Tarrant County that give |
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preference to criminal cases, the bailiffs and grand jury bailiffs |
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of the criminal district courts in Tarrant County, the bailiffs of |
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the district courts in Taylor County, and the bailiffs of the county |
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courts at law of Taylor County shall each swear to the following |
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oath, to be administered by the judge: "I solemnly swear that I |
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will faithfully and impartially perform all duties as may be |
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required of me by law, so help me God." |
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SECTION 5. Section 53.009, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (n) to read as follows: |
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(n) A bailiff appointed by the judge of the 130th District |
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Court is entitled to receive a salary set by the Commissioners Court |
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of Matagorda County in an amount that is not less than the salary of |
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a deputy sheriff regularly assigned to patrol duty in that county. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2554 passed the Senate on |
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May 5, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2554 passed the House on |
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May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, one |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |