1-1 By: Gallego (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 424
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 2, 1993;
1-3 March 3, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Jurisprudence; March 30, 1993, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; March 30, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Henderson x
1-9 Harris of Tarrant x
1-10 Brown x
1-11 Harris of Dallas x
1-12 Luna x
1-13 Parker x
1-14 West x
1-15 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-16 AN ACT
1-17 relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
1-18 the district attorney of the 83rd Judicial District.
1-19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-20 SECTION 1. Section 46.002, Government Code, is amended to
1-21 read as follows:
1-22 Sec. 46.002. Prosecutors Subject to Chapter. This chapter
1-23 applies only to the following prosecutors:
1-24 (1) the district attorneys for the 2nd, 8th, 9th,
1-25 12th, 21st, 22nd, 26th, 27th, 29th, 34th, 36th, 38th, 43rd, 47th,
1-26 49th, 51st, 52nd, 63rd, 64th, 66th, 69th, 70th, 76th, 81st, <83rd,>
1-27 84th, 85th, 90th, 97th, 105th, 106th, 110th, 118th, 119th, 123rd,
1-28 142nd, 145th, 159th, 173rd, 196th, 198th, 216th, 220th, 229th,
1-29 253rd, 266th, 268th, 271st, 286th, 349th, and 355th judicial
1-30 districts;
1-31 (2) the criminal district attorneys for the counties
1-32 of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell,
1-33 Calhoun, Cass, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland, Galveston, Gregg,
1-34 Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo, Jasper, Jefferson, Kaufman, Lubbock,
1-35 McLennan, Navarro, Panola, Polk, Randall, Rockwall, San Jacinto,
1-36 Smith, Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker,
1-37 Wichita, Wood, and Yoakum; and
1-38 (3) the county attorneys performing the duties of
1-39 district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Callahan, Cameron,
1-40 Castro, Ellis, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Freestone, Grayson, Lamar,
1-41 Lamb, Lampasas, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris, Ochiltree,
1-42 Orange, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Terry, and Willacy.
1-43 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-44 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-45 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-46 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-47 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-48 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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1-50 Austin,
1-51 Texas
1-52 March 30, 1993
1-53 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-54 President of the Senate
1-55 Sir:
1-56 We, your Committee on Jurisprudence to which was referred H.B.
1-57 No. 424, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed
1-58 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
1-59 pass and be printed.
1-60 Henderson,
1-61 Chairman
1-62 * * * * *
1-63 WITNESSES
1-64 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 424.