Tex. Gov't Code § 53.031 · Subchapter C. BAILIFFS IN BEXAR COUNTY
APPOINTMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The Bexar County sheriff shall appoint one deputy to serve as bailiff for each of the district courts in Bexar County not designated as giving preference to criminal cases.
(b) The Bexar County sheriff shall appoint two deputies to serve as bailiffs for each of the district courts in Bexar County designated as giving preference to criminal cases.
(c) A person appointed as bailiff must be acceptable to the judge of the court to which he is appointed.
(d) An appointment under this section is not effective until the judge approves and confirms it in writing.
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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- 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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