Bill Text: TX SB1621 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a court administrator hired by a statutory probate court.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1621 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB1621-Introduced.html

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84R3475 CAE-F
By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 1621

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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
[ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS], AND AUDITORS FOR STATUTORY PROBATE
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 [an
administrative assistant], and an auditor for the court.
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 [an
administrative assistant], a court coordinator, an auditor, and
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 [an administrative assistant] and an auditor to
aid the judge in the performance of his duties. The judge sets the
salary of the court administrator [administrative assistant] and
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 [administrative assistant] shall be paid monthly out
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, 2015.