Bill Text: TX HB1952 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the oversight of a public defender's office by a county's chief administrator.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to County Affairs [HB1952 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1952-Introduced.html

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87R3277 MP-D
By: Ordaz Perez H.B. No. 1952

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the oversight of a public defender's office by a
county's chief administrator.
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 (o) to read as follows:
(o) The commissioners court may delegate to the chief
administrator of the county, or, if the public defender's office
serves more than one county, the commissioners courts may jointly
delegate to the chief administrator of one of the counties, any
power or duty of a commissioners court to provide oversight of the
office, including:
(1) the selection and removal of a chief public
defender; and
(2) the development of a budget proposal for the
office.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.