Bill Text: TX HB4631 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the county attorney and district attorney in Ector County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-13 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB4631 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4631-Introduced.html
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By: Landgraf | H.B. No. 4631 |
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relating to the powers and duties of the county attorney and | ||
district attorney in Ector County. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 43.137, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: | ||
(c) In addition to exercising the duties and authority | ||
conferred on district attorneys by general law, the district | ||
attorney represents the state in the district and inferior courts | ||
in Ector County in all criminal cases, juvenile matters under Title | ||
3, Family Code, and matters involving children's protective | ||
services. | ||
(d) The district attorney has no power, duty, or privilege | ||
in any civil matter, other than civil asset forfeiture and civil | ||
bond forfeiture matters. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 45.168 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 45.168. ECTOR COUNTY. (a) It is the primary duty of | ||
the county attorney in Ector County to represent the state, Ector | ||
County, and the officials of the county in all civil matters, other | ||
than asset forfeiture and bond forfeiture matters for which the | ||
district attorney is responsible, pending before the courts of | ||
Ector County and any other court in which the state, Ector County, | ||
or the county officials have matters pending. | ||
(b) The county attorney has no power, duty, or privilege in | ||
Ector County relating to criminal matters, juvenile matters under | ||
Title 3, Family Code, or matters involving children's protective | ||
services. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 43.137, Government Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, and Section 45.168, Government Code, as added by this Act, | ||
apply only to a proceeding commenced on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. A proceeding commenced before the effective date of | ||
this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the proceeding | ||
was commenced, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |