By Luna H.B. No. 3779 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the duties and responsibilities of the District 1-3 Attorney for the 105th Judicial District and the County Attorney of 1-4 Nueces County. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 43.148, Government Code, is amended to 1-7 read as follows: 1-8 Section 43.148. 105th Judicial District. (a) The voters of 1-9 the 105th Judicial District elect a district attorney. The 1-10 district attorney has the same powers and duties as other district 1-11 attorneys and serves all the district and county courts of Nueces, 1-12 Kleberg, and Kenedy counties. 1-13 (b) The district attorney shall attend each term and session 1-14 of the district and county courts of Nueces County and the district 1-15 court of Kleberg and Kenedy counties. The district attorney shall 1-16 represent the state in criminal cases pending in the district and 1-17 county courts of Nueces County, and the district court of Kleberg 1-18 and Kenedy counties. The district attorney has control of any case 1-19 heard on petition of writ of habeas corpus before any civil or 1-20 criminal court in the district. 1-21 (c) The commissioners courts of the counties comprising the 2-1 district may supplement the state salary of the district attorney. 2-2 The amount of the supplement may not exceed $12,000.00 a year. The 2-3 supplemental salary must be paid proportionately by the 2-4 commissioners court of each county according to the population of 2-5 the county. The supplemental salary may be paid from the officers' 2-6 salary fund of the county. If that fund is inadequate, the 2-7 commissioners court may transfer the necessary funds from the 2-8 general fund of the county. 2-9 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.