Bill Text: TX SB2174 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the appointment of a bailiff by district courts and county courts at law in Bowie County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB2174 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2174-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 2174 |
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relating to the appointment of a bailiff by district courts and | ||
county courts at law in Bowie County. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 53.001, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: | ||
(k) The judges of the 5th, 102nd, and 202nd district courts | ||
and the judges of the county courts at law of Bowie County shall | ||
appoint one or more bailiffs to serve the courts in Bowie County. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 53.007(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) This section applies to: | ||
(1) the 34th, 70th, 71st, 86th, 97th, 130th, 142nd, | ||
161st, 238th, 318th, 341st, 355th, and 385th district courts; | ||
(2) the County Court of Harrison County; | ||
(3) the criminal district courts of Tarrant County; | ||
(4) the district courts in Taylor County; | ||
(5) the courts described in Section 53.002(c), (d), | ||
(e), or (f); | ||
(6) the county courts at law of Taylor County; | ||
(7) the district courts in Tarrant County that give | ||
preference to criminal cases; [ |
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(8) the 115th District Court in Upshur County; and | ||
(9) the 5th, 102nd, and 202nd district courts and the | ||
county courts at law of Bowie County. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 53.0071, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 53.0071. BAILIFF AS PEACE OFFICER. Unless the | ||
appointing judge provides otherwise in the order of appointment, a | ||
bailiff appointed under Section 53.001(b), [ |
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53.002(c), (e), or (f) is a "peace officer" for purposes of Article | ||
2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2174 passed the Senate on | ||
May 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2174 passed the House on | ||
May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 2, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |