|
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
relating to a bailiff to serve the 115th District Court in Upshur |
|
County. |
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
SECTION 1. Section 53.001, Government Code, is amended by |
|
adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
|
(j) The judge of the 115th District Court shall appoint a |
|
bailiff to serve the court only in Upshur County. |
|
SECTION 2. Section 53.004, Government Code, is amended by |
|
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
|
(g) A bailiff appointed by the judge of the 115th District |
|
Court to serve the court in Upshur County must be: |
|
(1) a resident of that county; and |
|
(2) at least 18 years of age. |
|
SECTION 3. Sections 53.007(a) and (b), Government Code, are |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) This section applies to: |
|
(1) the 22nd, 34th, 70th, 71st, 86th, 97th, 142nd, |
|
161st, 238th, 318th, 341st, 355th, and 385th district courts; |
|
(2) the County Court of Harrison County; |
|
(3) the criminal district courts of Tarrant County; |
|
(4) the district courts in Taylor County; |
|
(5) the courts described in Section 53.002(c), (d), |
|
(e), or (f); |
|
(6) the county courts at law of Taylor County; [and] |
|
(7) the district courts in Tarrant County that give |
|
preference to criminal cases; and |
|
(8) the 115th District Court in Upshur County. |
|
(b) On the request of the judge of a court to which this |
|
section applies other than the 115th District Court, the sheriff of |
|
each county in which the court sits shall deputize the bailiff or |
|
grand jury bailiff appointed under this subchapter of that court, |
|
in addition to other deputies authorized by law. On the request of |
|
the judge of the 115th District Court, the sheriff of Upshur County |
|
shall deputize the bailiff appointed by that judge under Section |
|
53.001(j), in addition to other deputies authorized by law. |
|
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
|
|
|
______________________________ |
______________________________ |
|
President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
|
|
|
I certify that H.B. No. 3972 was passed by the House on April |
|
19, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
|
voting. |
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
Chief Clerk of the House |
|
|
|
I certify that H.B. No. 3972 was passed by the Senate on May |
|
22, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
Secretary of the Senate |
|
APPROVED: _____________________ |
|
Date |
|
|
|
_____________________ |
|
Governor |