By Homer                                              H.B. No. 2633
         2001S0679/1                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
 1-3     and the compensation of the county attorney of Rains County.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 45.290, Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 45.290.  Rains County.  (a)  In Rains County, the county
 1-8     attorney of Rains County shall perform the duties imposed on and
 1-9     have the powers conferred on district attorneys by general law.
1-10           (b)  The county attorney of Rains County is entitled to be
1-11     compensated by [receive an amount from] the state in the manner and
1-12     amount fixed by general law relating to [equal to 30 percent of]
1-13     the salary paid to [a] district attorneys [attorney] by the state
1-14     [for the purpose of supplementing the salary of the county
1-15     attorney].  Rains County is also entitled to receive from the state
1-16     an amount equal to the amount provided in the General
1-17     Appropriations Act to district attorneys for the payment of staff
1-18     salaries and expenses of the office.
1-19           [(c)  The commissioners court of Rains County shall continue
1-20     to provide funds for the office of the county attorney in an amount
1-21     that is equal to or greater than the amount of funds provided for
1-22     the office by the county on the effective date of this Act.]
1-23           SECTION 2.  Section 46.002, Government Code, is amended to
1-24     read as follows:
 2-1           Sec. 46.002.  Prosecutors Subject to Chapter.  This chapter
 2-2     applies to all county prosecutors and to the following state
 2-3     prosecutors:
 2-4                 (1)  the district attorneys for the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th,
 2-5     12th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 26th, 27th, 29th, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th,
 2-6     36th, 38th, 43rd, 47th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 63rd, 64th,
 2-7     66th, 69th, 70th, 76th, 81st, 84th, 85th, 88th, 90th, 97th, 100th,
 2-8     105th, 106th, 110th, 118th, 119th, 123rd, 142nd, 145th, 156th,
 2-9     159th, 173rd, 196th, 198th, 216th, 220th, 229th, 235th, 253rd,
2-10     259th, 266th, 268th, 271st, 278th, 286th, 329th, 349th, and 355th
2-11     judicial districts;
2-12                 (2)  the criminal district attorneys for the counties
2-13     of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell,
2-14     Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland,
2-15     Galveston, Gregg, Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo, Jasper, Jefferson,
2-16     Kaufman, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison, Navarro, Newton, Panola, Polk,
2-17     Randall, Rockwall, San Jacinto, Smith, Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler,
2-18     Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Wichita, Wood, and
2-19     Yoakum; and
2-20                 (3)  the county attorneys performing the duties of
2-21     district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Callahan, Cameron,
2-22     Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls, Fannin, Freestone, Grayson,
2-23     Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris,
2-24     Ochiltree, Orange, Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Terry, Webb,
2-25     and Willacy.
2-26           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.