89R7909 BCH-F     By: Hughes S.B. No. 1221       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the composition and duties of a court security   committee.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 74.092(a), Government Code, is amended   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 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 each 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 other than a municipal court or a municipal court of record;                      (F)  a justice of the peace who serves the county;                      (G) [(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                      (H) [(F)]  any other person the committee   determines necessary to assist the committee.          SECTION 2.  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 to develop and submit   recommendations [may recommend] to the county commissioners court   on the uses of resources and expenditures of money for courthouse   security, including recommendations on the allocation of any county   court security budget, but may not direct the assignment of those   resources or the expenditure of those funds.          SECTION 3.  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.