Bill Text: TX HB2409 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a court administrator hired by a statutory probate court.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-06 - Referred to Jurisprudence [HB2409 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2409-Introduced.html
83R8791 CAE-F | ||
By: Naishtat | H.B. No. 2409 |
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relating to a court administrator hired by a statutory probate | ||
court. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 25.0024, Government Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 25.0024. COURT COORDINATORS, COURT ADMINISTRATORS | ||
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COURTS. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 25.0024(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A judge of a statutory probate court shall hire with the | ||
approval of the commissioners court through the county budget | ||
process a court coordinator, a court administrator [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 25.1034(i), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(i) With the approval of the commissioners court, a judge of | ||
a statutory probate court may appoint a court administrator [ |
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other staff necessary for the operation of the courts. The | ||
commissioners court, with the advice and counsel of the judges, | ||
sets the salaries of the staff. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 25.2293(j), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(j) The judge of a statutory probate court may appoint a | ||
court administrator [ |
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aid the judge in the performance of his duties. The judge sets the | ||
salary of the court administrator [ |
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the salary of the auditor by an order entered in the minutes of the | ||
court. The appointments and the salaries may be changed only by | ||
order of the judge. The salaries of the auditor and the court | ||
administrator [ |
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of the county's general fund or any other fund available for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. On the effective date of this Act a person | ||
serving as an administrative assistant in a statutory probate court | ||
continues service as a court administrator in the statutory probate | ||
court unless otherwise removed as provided by law. | ||
SECTION 6. 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, 2013. |