Bill Text: TX HB3649 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a report by the attorney general regarding certain contracts for outside counsel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-22 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB3649 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3649-Introduced.html
87R10851 MWC-D | ||
By: Turner of Tarrant | H.B. No. 3649 |
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relating to a report by the attorney general regarding certain | ||
contracts for outside counsel. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 402.0214 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 402.0214. REPORT ON CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR OUTSIDE | ||
COUNSEL. The attorney general shall provide a written report to the | ||
legislature, comptroller, and governor on each contract between the | ||
attorney general and another attorney, other than a full-time | ||
employee of the office of the attorney general, for legal services | ||
for which a request for approval to the attorney general was not | ||
made under Section 402.0212. The report must explain the reasons | ||
for entering into the contract. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |