SRC-SLL S.B. 324 75(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 324
By: Armbrister
Criminal Justice
3-6-97
As Filed


DIGEST 

Currently, the district attorneys of the 24th Judicial District are
subject to the provisions of the Professional Prosecutors Act.  The 24th
Judicial District is a small district that at any given time has
approximately 20 lawyers or less who actually reside in the district.  If
the district attorney must give up his or her private practice in order to
serve, as required by the professional prosecutors law, the office will
only appeal to those attorneys who have no significant private practice
and who have not established themselves in the district.  This bill will
delete the district attorneys of the 24th Judicial District from the list
of district attorneys to which the Professional Prosecutors Act applies. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 324 deletes the district attorneys of the 24th Judicial
District from the list of district attorneys to which the professional
prosecutors law applies. 

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 delete a provision
that this chapter applies to the district attorneys for the 24th Judicial
District. 

SECTION 2. Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.