SRC-JFA H.B. 907 75(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 907
By: Madden (Shapiro)
Criminal Justice
5-14-97
Engrossed


DIGEST 

Currently, district attorneys may maintain an independent law practice to
supplement their pay unless they are listed in the Professional
Prosecutors Act, which provides additional state funding to supplement
existing salaries in exchange for prohibiting the prosecutor from the
private practice of law.  Only about 20 elected prosecutors in Texas are
not subject to the Professional Prosecutors Act. This bill would include
the Collin County criminal district attorney in the Professional
Prosecutors Act.   

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 907 includes the Collin County criminal district
attorney in the Professional Prosecutors Act.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 46.002, Government Code, to provide that Chapter
46, Professional Prosecutors Act, applies only to the criminal district
attorneys for the county of Collin, among other criminal district
attorneys.   

SECTION 2. Amends Section 44.143, Government Code, to delete existing
Subsections (c)-(e). Makes a conforming change.   

SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 1997.

SECTION 4. Emergency clause.