Bill Text: TX HB1457 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to attorneys representing indigent defendants in certain criminal proceedings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-13 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB1457 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1457-Introduced.html

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86R5964 ADM-D
By: Dominguez H.B. No. 1457

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain attorneys to be employed by a
public defender's office.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 26.044, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (i-1) to read as follows:
(i-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (i)(1), an attorney
engaged in the private practice of criminal law may be employed by a
public defender's office on a part-time basis for the sole purpose
of providing counsel in relation to an indigent person's appearance
before a magistrate as required by Article 14.06(a), 15.17(a), or
15.18(a).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.