Bill Text: TX HB3386 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to bailiffs in the county courts at law of Tarrant County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-17 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB3386 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3386-Introduced.html
| By: Geren | H.B. No. 3386 | |
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| relating to bailiffs in the county courts at law of Tarrant County. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.2222, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) At least one bailiff shall be assigned regularly to each | ||
| of the county courts at law of Tarrant County. | ||
| (c-1) The judge of each respective county court at law of | ||
| Tarrant County may appoint one officer to act as bailiff of the | ||
| judge's court. The bailiff appointed by the judge serves at the | ||
| pleasure of the county court to which a bailiff is appointed, holds | ||
| office at the will of the judge of the county court to which a | ||
| bailiff is appointed, and shall perform the duties required by the | ||
| judge of the court to which the bailiff is appointed. | ||
| (c-2) If the judge of a county court at law of Tarrant County | ||
| does not appoint an officer to act as bailiff, the sheriff of | ||
| Tarrant County shall assign a bailiff for said court upon written | ||
| request of the judge. The bailiff assigned by the sheriff serves at | ||
| the pleasure of the county court to which a bailiff is assigned, and | ||
| shall perform the duties required by the judge of the court to which | ||
| the bailiff is assigned. | ||
| (c-3) Upon request of a county court at law judge, the | ||
| sheriff shall immediately assign a bailiff to the county court at | ||
| law to fill any temporary absence of the regularly appointed or | ||
| assigned bailiff. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
