Bill Text: TX HB1817 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the district attorney for the 132nd Judicial District.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-12 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB1817 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1817-Introduced.html

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84R3414 YDB-F
By: Burrows H.B. No. 1817

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
the district attorney for the 132nd Judicial District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 46.002, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 46.002. PROSECUTORS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER. This chapter
applies to the state prosecuting attorney, all county prosecutors,
and the following state prosecutors:
(1) the district attorneys for Kenedy and Kleberg
Counties and for the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 25th,
26th, 27th, 29th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 38th, 39th,
42nd, 43rd, 46th, 47th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 63rd, 64th,
66th, 69th, 70th, 76th, 79th, 81st, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 88th, 90th,
97th, 100th, 105th, 106th, 109th, 110th, 112th, 118th, 119th,
123rd, 132nd, 142nd, 143rd, 145th, 156th, 159th, 173rd, 196th,
198th, 216th, 220th, 229th, 235th, 253rd, 258th, 259th, 266th,
268th, 271st, 286th, 287th, 329th, 344th, 349th, 355th, 369th,
452nd, and 506th judicial districts;
(2) the criminal district attorneys for the counties
of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell,
Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland,
Fannin, Galveston, Grayson, Gregg, Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo,
Jasper, Jefferson, Kaufman, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison, Navarro,
Newton, Panola, Polk, Randall, Rockwall, San Jacinto, Smith,
Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker,
Waller, Wichita, Wood, and Yoakum; and
(3) the county attorneys performing the duties of
district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Callahan, Cameron,
Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Gonzales,
Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam,
Morris, Ochiltree, Oldham, Orange, Rains, Red River, Robertson,
Rusk, Swisher, Terry, Webb, and Willacy.
SECTION 2. Section 43.156(b), Government Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.