PMWJ H.B. 907 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS JUDICIAL AFFAIRS H.B. 907 By: Madden 4-16-97 Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND In Texas, 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 Prosectutors Act. PURPOSE This bill includes the Collin County criminal district attorney in the Professional Prosecutors Act. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1 amends Section 46.002, Government Code, to include the Collin County criminal district attorney in the list of professional prosecutors. SECTION 2 strikes current Subsections (c), (d) and (e) of Section 44.143 of the Government Code which (1) prohibited the Collin County criminal district attorney from engaging in the private practice of law, (2) allowed the Collin County Commissioners Court to supplement the salary of the Collin County Criminal District Attorney, and (3) prohibited Collin County from entitlement to benefits under Subchapter C, Chapter 41 of the Government Code. Current Subsec. (f) becomes Subsec. (c). SECTION 3. Effective date. SECTION 4. Emergency clause.