Tex. Gov't Code § 53.021 · Subchapter B. BAILIFF TO ACT AS INTERPRETER
SPECIAL PROVISION: BAILIFF TO ACT AS INTERPRETER.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The judges of the 24th, 135th, and 267th district courts may each appoint, with the approval of the commissioners court, an officer of the court to serve as bailiff.
(b) The primary duty of a bailiff appointed under this section is to act as an interpreter.
(c) A bailiff appointed under this section is entitled to receive a reasonable salary not to exceed the highest salary paid to a deputy, clerk, or assistant employed by the county.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.53.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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