76R12246 T
By Homer H.B. No. 2246
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2246:
By Thompson C.S.H.B. No. 2246
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.