73R707 RJA-D
          By Kubiak                                              H.B. No. 680
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
    1-3  the county attorney of Lee County.
    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, 26th, 27th, 29th, 34th, 36th, 38th, 43rd, 47th,
   1-11  49th, 51st, 52nd, 63rd, 64th, 66th, 69th, 70th, 76th, 81st, 83rd,
   1-12  84th, 85th, 90th, 97th, 105th, 106th, 110th, 118th, 119th, 123rd,
   1-13  142nd, 145th, 159th, 173rd, 196th, 198th, 216th, 220th, 229th,
   1-14  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.