Bill Text: TX HB1412 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to and the duties of the county attorney in Burleson County and to the duties of the district attorney for the 21st Judicial District and the 335th Judicial District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-27 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB1412 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1412-Introduced.html

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86R3631 YDB-D
By: Leman H.B. No. 1412

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
and the duties of the county attorney in Burleson County and to the
duties of the district attorney for the 21st Judicial District and
the 335th Judicial District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.108, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 43.108. 21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. (a) The voters of
Washington County [and Burleson counties] elect a district attorney
for the 21st Judicial District who represents the state in that
district court only in that county [those counties].
(b) The district attorney also represents the state and
performs the duties of district attorney before the 335th District
Court in Washington County [and Burleson counties].
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 45.126 to read as follows:
Sec. 45.126. BURLESON COUNTY. (a) In Burleson County, the
county attorney of Burleson County shall perform the duties imposed
on and have the powers conferred on district attorneys by general
law and is entitled to be compensated by the state in the manner and
amount set by general law relating to the salary paid to district
attorneys by the state.
(b) The county attorney of Burleson County or the
Commissioners Court of Burleson County may accept gifts or grants
from any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, foundation,
association, or governmental entity for the purpose of financing or
assisting the operation of the office of county attorney in
Burleson County. The county attorney shall account for and report
to the commissioners court all gifts or grants accepted under this
subsection.
SECTION 3. 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, 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, Kendall, 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, Aransas, Burleson,
Callahan, Cameron, Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls,
Freestone, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, Lavaca,
Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris, Ochiltree, Oldham, Orange,
Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Swisher, Terry, Webb, and
Willacy.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.