By Shapiro                                            S.B. No. 1831
         76R9445 JMC-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
 1-3     the criminal district attorney of Dallas County.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 46.002, Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 46.002.  PROSECUTORS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER.  This chapter
 1-8     applies only to the following prosecutors:
 1-9                 (1)  the district attorneys for the 2nd, 8th, 9th,
1-10     12th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 26th, 27th, 29th, 32nd, 34th, 35th, 36th,
1-11     38th, 43rd, 47th,  49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 63rd, 64th, 66th,
1-12     69th, 70th, 76th, 81st, 84th, 85th, 88th, 90th, 97th, 100th, 105th,
1-13     106th, 110th, 118th, 119th, 123rd, 142nd, 145th, 156th, 159th,
1-14     173rd, 196th, 198th, 216th, 220th, 229th, 235th, 253rd, 259th,
1-15     266th, 268th, 271st, 278th, 286th, 329th, 349th, and 355th judicial
1-16     districts;
1-17                 (2)  the criminal district attorneys for the counties
1-18     of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell,
1-19     Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland,
1-20     Galveston, Gregg, Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo, Jasper, Jefferson,
1-21     Kaufman, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison, Navarro, Newton, Panola, Polk,
1-22     Randall, Rockwall, San Jacinto, Smith,  Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler,
1-23     Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Wichita, Wood, and
1-24     Yoakum; and
 2-1                 (3)  the county attorneys performing the duties of
 2-2     district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Callahan, Cameron,
 2-3     Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls, Fannin, Freestone, Grayson,
 2-4     Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris,
 2-5     Ochiltree, Orange, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Terry, Webb, and
 2-6     Willacy.
 2-7           SECTION 2.  Sections 44.157(e)-(g), Government Code, are
 2-8     repealed.
 2-9           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-10           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
2-11     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-12     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-13     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-14     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.