1-1     By:  Cain                                             S.B. No. 1113
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2001; March 7, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
 1-4     Relations; April 17, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 17, 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     and the compensation of the county attorney of Rains County.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 45.290, Government Code, is amended to
1-12     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)  The county attorney of Rains County is entitled to be
1-17     compensated by [receive an amount from] the state in the manner and
1-18     amount fixed by general law relating to [equal to 30 percent of]
1-19     the salary paid to [a] district attorneys [attorney] by the state
1-20     [for the purpose of supplementing the salary of the county
1-21     attorney].  Rains County is also entitled to receive from the state
1-22     an amount equal to the amount provided in the General
1-23     Appropriations Act to district attorneys for the payment of staff
1-24     salaries and expenses of the office.
1-25           [(c)  The commissioners court of Rains County shall continue
1-26     to provide funds for the office of the county attorney in an amount
1-27     that is equal to or greater than the amount of funds provided for
1-28     the office by the county on the effective date of this Act.]
1-29           SECTION 2.  Section 46.002, Government Code, is amended to
1-30     read as follows:
1-31           Sec. 46.002.  PROSECUTORS SUBJECT TO CHAPTER.  This chapter
1-32     applies to all county prosecutors and to the following state
1-33     prosecutors:
1-34                 (1)  the district attorneys for the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th,
1-35     12th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 26th, 27th, 29th, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th,
1-36     36th, 38th, 43rd, 47th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 63rd, 64th,
1-37     66th, 69th, 70th, 76th, 81st, 84th, 85th, 88th, 90th, 97th, 100th,
1-38     105th, 106th, 110th, 118th, 119th, 123rd, 142nd, 145th, 156th,
1-39     159th, 173rd, 196th, 198th, 216th, 220th, 229th, 235th, 253rd,
1-40     259th, 266th, 268th, 271st, 278th, 286th, 329th, 349th, and 355th
1-41     judicial districts;
1-42                 (2)  the criminal district attorneys for the counties
1-43     of Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell,
1-44     Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland,
1-45     Galveston, Gregg, Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo, Jasper, Jefferson,
1-46     Kaufman, Lubbock, McLennan, Madison, Navarro, Newton, Panola, Polk,
1-47     Randall, Rockwall, San Jacinto, Smith, Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler,
1-48     Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Wichita, Wood, and
1-49     Yoakum; and
1-50                 (3)  the county attorneys performing the duties of
1-51     district attorneys in the counties of Andrews, Callahan, Cameron,
1-52     Castro, Colorado, Crosby, Ellis, Falls, Fannin, Freestone, Grayson,
1-53     Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Marion, Milam, Morris,
1-54     Ochiltree, Orange, Rains, Red River, Robertson, Rusk, Terry, Webb,
1-55     and Willacy.
1-56           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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