H.B. No. 680
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
1-3 certain prosecutors.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 46.002, Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 46.002. Prosecutors Subject to Chapter. This chapter
1-8 applies only to the following prosecutors:
1-9 (1) the district attorneys for the 2nd, 8th, 9th,
1-10 12th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 26th, 27th, 29th, 34th, 36th, 38th, 43rd,
1-11 47th, 49th, 51st, 52nd, 63rd, 64th, 66th, 69th, 70th, 76th, 81st,
1-12 83rd, 84th, 85th, 90th, 97th, 105th, 106th, 110th, 118th, 119th,
1-13 123rd, 142nd, 145th, 159th, 173rd, 196th, 198th, 216th, 220th,
1-14 229th, 253rd, 266th, 268th, 271st, 286th, 349th, and 355th judicial
1-15 districts;
1-16 (2) the criminal district attorneys for the counties
1-17 of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell,
1-18 Calhoun, Cass, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland, Galveston, Gregg,
1-19 Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo, Jasper, Jefferson, Kaufman, Lubbock,
1-20 McLennan, Navarro, Panola, Polk, Randall, Rockwall, San Jacinto,
1-21 Smith, Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker,
1-22 Wichita, Wood, and Yoakum; and
1-23 (3) the county attorneys performing the duties of
1-24 district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Callahan, Cameron,
2-1 Castro, Ellis, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Freestone, Grayson, Lamar,
2-2 Lamb, Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris, Ochiltree,
2-3 Orange, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Terry, and Willacy.
2-4 SECTION 2. Section 45.244, Government Code, is amended to
2-5 read as follows:
2-6 Sec. 45.244. Lee County. <(a)> The county attorney of Lee
2-7 County represents the state in all matters pending before the
2-8 district courts in Lee County.
2-9 <(b) Unless authorized by order adopted by the Commissioners
2-10 Court of Lee County, the county attorney may not engage in the
2-11 private practice of law.>
2-12 <(c) The county attorney is not entitled to be compensated
2-13 by the state for salary or office expenses. The county attorney is
2-14 entitled to the annual compensation set by the Commissioners Court
2-15 of Lee County.>
2-16 <(d) Lee County is not entitled to receive funds under
2-17 Subchapter C, Chapter 41.>
2-18 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-19 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.