1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the responsibilities of the district attorney for the
 1-3     8th Judicial District and the county attorney of Rains County.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 43.104, Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 43.104.  8TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.  [(a)]  The voters of
 1-8     Delta, Franklin, and Hopkins counties elect a district attorney for
 1-9     the 8th Judicial District who represents the state in that district
1-10     only in those counties [elect a district attorney].
1-11           SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Government Code, is
1-12     amended by adding Section 45.290 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 45.290.  RAINS COUNTY.  (a)  In Rains County, the county
1-14     attorney of Rains County shall perform the duties imposed on and
1-15     have the powers conferred on district attorneys by general law.
1-16           (b)  Rains County is entitled to receive an amount from the
1-17     state equal to 30 percent of the salary paid to a district attorney
1-18     by the state for the purpose of supplementing the salary of the
1-19     county attorney.  Rains County is also entitled to receive from the
1-20     state an amount equal to the amount provided in the General
1-21     Appropriations Act to district attorneys for the payment of staff
1-22     salaries and expenses of the office.
1-23           (c)  The commissioners court of Rains County shall continue
1-24     to provide funds for the office of the county attorney in an amount
 2-1     that is equal to or greater than the amount of funds provided for
 2-2     the office by the county on the effective date of this Act.
 2-3           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
 2-4           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
 2-5     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-6     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-7     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-8     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2246 was passed by the House on May
         4, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2246 was passed by the Senate on May
         20, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  _____________________
                            Date
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                          Governor