Bill Text: TX HB1398 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the appointment of bailiffs by the district courts and county courts at law in Grayson County.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-30 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1398 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1398-Introduced.html
  86R7977 TSS-D
 
  By: Smith H.B. No. 1398
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the appointment of bailiffs by the district courts and
  county courts at law in Grayson County.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 53.002(d), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (d)  The judges of the 15th, [and] 59th, and 397th district
  courts and the judges of the statutory county courts in Grayson
  County may each appoint a bailiff.
         SECTION 2.  Section 53.004(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  A bailiff in the 15th, [or] 59th, or 397th district
  court or a statutory county court in Grayson County must be a
  citizen of the United States [and a resident of Grayson County].
         SECTION 3.  Section 53.009(g), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (g)  Each bailiff appointed by a judge of the 15th, [or]
  59th, or 397th district court or appointed by a statutory county
  court judge in Grayson County is entitled to receive from the county
  a salary set by the judge [equal to the salary of a jailer employed
  by the Grayson County sheriff].
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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