74R9702 MWV-D
          By Uher, Saunders                                     H.B. No. 2574
          Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2574:
          By Hartnett                                       C.S.H.B. No. 2574
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the responsibilities of the Matagorda County Attorney
    1-3  and creating the office of district attorney for the 329th Judicial
    1-4  District in Wharton County.
    1-5        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-6        SECTION 1.  Section 43.110, Government Code, is amended by
    1-7  amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read
    1-8  as follows:
    1-9        (a)  The voters of Matagorda County <and Wharton counties>
   1-10  elect a district attorney for the 23rd Judicial District who
   1-11  represents the state in that district court only in that county
   1-12  <those counties>.
   1-13        (b)  The district attorney also represents the state and
   1-14  performs the duties of district attorney before all the district
   1-15  courts in Matagorda County <and Wharton counties>.
   1-16        (d)  The district attorney also handles all:
   1-17              (1)  felony and misdemeanor criminal matters in all of
   1-18  the courts in Matagorda County; and
   1-19              (2)  juvenile matters under Title 3, Family Code, in
   1-20  all of the courts in Matagorda County.
   1-21        SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Government Code, is
   1-22  amended by adding Section 43.1775 to read as follows:
   1-23        Sec. 43.1775.  329TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.  (a)  The voters of
   1-24  the 329th Judicial District elect a district attorney.
    2-1        (b)  The district attorney represents the state and performs
    2-2  the duties of prosecutor before the district courts in Wharton
    2-3  County.
    2-4        SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Government Code, is
    2-5  amended by adding Section 45.261 to read as follows:
    2-6        Sec. 45.261.  MATAGORDA COUNTY.  (a)  It is the primary duty
    2-7  of the county attorney in Matagorda County to represent the state,
    2-8  Matagorda County, and the officials of the county in civil matters
    2-9  pending before any court in which the state, Matagorda County, or
   2-10  the officials have matters pending.
   2-11        (b)  The county attorney shall handle children's protective
   2-12  services, protective orders under the Family Code, and proceedings
   2-13  under Title 2, Family Code.
   2-14        (c)  At the request of the district attorney, the county
   2-15  attorney may assist the district attorney in criminal cases in
   2-16  Matagorda County.
   2-17        SECTION 4.  Section 46.002, Government Code, is amended to
   2-18  read as follows:
   2-19        Sec. 46.002.  Prosecutors Subject to Chapter.  This chapter
   2-20  applies only to the following prosecutors:
   2-21              (1)  the district attorneys for the 2nd, 8th, 9th,
   2-22  12th, 18th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 26th, 27th, 29th, 34th, 35th, 36th,
   2-23  38th, 43rd, 47th, 49th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 63rd, 64th, 66th, 69th,
   2-24  70th, 76th, 81st, 84th, 85th, 90th, 97th, 105th, 106th, 110th,
   2-25  118th, 119th, 123rd, 142nd, 145th, 159th, 173rd, 196th, 198th,
   2-26  216th, 220th, 229th, 235th, 253rd, 266th, 268th, 271st, 286th,
   2-27  329th, 349th, and 355th judicial districts;
    3-1              (2)  the criminal district attorneys for the counties
    3-2  of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell,
    3-3  Calhoun, Cass, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland, Galveston, Gregg,
    3-4  Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo, Jasper, Jefferson, Kaufman, Lubbock,
    3-5  McLennan, Navarro, Panola, Polk, Randall, Rockwall, San Jacinto,
    3-6  Smith, Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker,
    3-7  Waller, Wichita, Wood, and Yoakum; and
    3-8              (3)  the county attorneys performing the duties of
    3-9  district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Callahan, Cameron,
   3-10  Castro, Ellis, Falls, Fannin, Freestone, Grayson, Lamar, Lamb,
   3-11  Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris, Ochiltree, Orange,
   3-12  Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Terry, Webb, and Willacy.
   3-13        SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   3-14        SECTION 6.  The importance of this legislation and the
   3-15  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   3-16  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   3-17  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   3-18  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.