By: Bell, Bonnen of Galveston	H.B. No. 480
	(Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst)
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2015;
	May 14, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
	Justice; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to retaining a reserve investigator by a prosecuting
	attorney.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 41.102(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  A prosecuting attorney may employ the assistant
	prosecuting attorneys, investigators, secretaries, and other
	office personnel that in the prosecuting attorney's [his] judgment
	are required for the proper and efficient operation and
	administration of the office. The commissioners court may
	authorize a prosecuting attorney to appoint reserve investigators.
	The commissioners court may limit the number of reserve
	investigators that a prosecuting attorney may appoint. A reserve
	investigator may accept other employment or compensation that does
	not impair the reserve investigator's independence in the
	performance of the reserve investigator's duties for the
	prosecuting attorney.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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