By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)	H.B. No. 1193
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013;
	April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Jurisprudence; May 16, 2013, reported favorably by the following
	vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 16, 2013, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the appointment of bailiffs for certain district
	courts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 53.002(f), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(f)  The judges of the 12th, 106th, 229th, 258th, 278th,
	381st, and 411th district courts may each appoint a bailiff. At the
	discretion of the judge, a bailiff may serve the court in each
	county of the district.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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