1-1     By:  Chisum (Senate Sponsor - Bivins)                  H.B. No. 497
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
 1-3     May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Jurisprudence; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
 1-9     the district attorney for the 31st Judicial District.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 46.002, Government Code, is amended to
1-12     read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 46.002.  PROSECUTORS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER. This chapter
1-14     applies to all county prosecutors and to the following state
1-15     prosecutors:
1-16                 (1)  the district attorneys for the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th,
1-17     12th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 26th, 27th, 29th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th,
1-18     35th, 36th, 38th, 43rd, 47th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 63rd,
1-19     64th, 66th, 69th, 70th, 76th, 81st, 84th, 85th, 88th, 90th, 97th,
1-20     100th, 105th, 106th, 110th, 118th, 119th, 123rd, 142nd, 145th,
1-21     156th, 159th, 173rd, 196th, 198th, 216th, 220th, 229th, 235th,
1-22     253rd, 259th, 266th, 268th, 271st, 278th, 286th, 329th, 349th, and
1-23     355th judicial districts;
1-24                 (2)  the criminal district attorneys for the counties
1-25     of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell,
1-26     Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland,
1-27     Galveston, Gregg, Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo, Jasper, Jefferson,
1-28     Kaufman, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison, Navarro, Newton, Panola, Polk,
1-29     Randall, Rockwall, San Jacinto, Smith, Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler,
1-30     Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Wichita, Wood, and
1-31     Yoakum; and
1-32                 (3)  the county attorneys performing the duties of
1-33     district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Callahan, Cameron,
1-34     Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls, Fannin, Freestone, Grayson,
1-35     Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris,
1-36     Ochiltree, Orange, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Terry, Webb, and
1-37     Willacy.
1-38           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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