Relating to the composition and duties of a court security committee.
relating to the composition and duties of a court security
committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 102.017, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
(e-1) In administering or directing funds under Subsection
(e), a commissioners court shall prioritize the recommendations
provided by a court security committee under Section 74.0922,
Government Code.
SECTION 2. Section 74.092, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) A local administrative judge, for the courts for which
the judge serves as local administrative judge, shall:
(1) implement and execute the local rules of
administration, including the assignment, docketing, transfer, and
hearing of cases;
(2) appoint any special or standing committees
necessary or desirable for court management and administration;
(3) promulgate local rules of administration if the
other judges do not act by a majority vote;
(4) recommend to the regional presiding judge any
needs for assignment from outside the county to dispose of court
caseloads;
(5) supervise the expeditious movement of court
caseloads, subject to local, regional, and state rules of
administration;
(6) provide the supreme court and the office of court
administration requested statistical and management information;
(7) set the hours and places for holding court in the
county;
(8) supervise the employment and performance of
nonjudicial personnel;
(9) supervise the budget and fiscal matters of the
local courts, subject to local rules of administration;
(10) coordinate and cooperate with any other local
administrative judge in the district in the assignment of cases in
the courts’ concurrent jurisdiction for the efficient operation of
the court system and the effective administration of justice;
(11) if requested by the courts the judge serves,
establish and maintain the lists required by Section 37.003 and
ensure appointments are made from the lists in accordance with
Section 37.004;
(12) perform other duties as may be directed by the
chief justice or a regional presiding judge; and
(13) establish a court security committee to adopt
security policies and procedures for all [the] courts served by the
local administrative district judge that is composed of:
(A) the local administrative district judge, or
the judge’s designee, who serves as presiding officer of the
committee;
(B) a representative of the sheriff’s office;
(C) a representative of a constable’s office in
the county;
(D) a representative of the county commissioners
court;
(E) [(D)] one judge of each type of court in the
county, including a justice of the peace and excluding the judge of
[other than] a municipal court or a municipal court of record;
(F) [(E)] a representative of any county
attorney’s office, district attorney’s office, or criminal district
attorney’s office that serves in the applicable courts; and
(G) [(F)] any other person the committee
determines necessary to assist the committee.
(a-1) Notwithstanding Section 551.001 or 552.003, a court
security committee established under this section is not a
governmental body for the purposes of Chapter 551 or 552.
SECTION 3. Section 74.092(b), Government Code, is
redesignated as Section 74.0922, Government Code, and amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 74.0922. DUTIES OF COURT SECURITY COMMITTEE. [(b)] A
court security committee established under Section 74.092(a)(13)
shall meet at least once annually and may develop and submit
recommendations [recommend] to the county commissioners court on
the uses of resources and expenditures of money for courthouse
security, but may not direct the assignment of those resources or
the expenditure of those funds.
SECTION 4. 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, 2025.
