By:  Brown                                            S.B. No. 1131
         2001S0617/2                            
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the compensation and limitations on a private law
 1-3     practice of the state prosecuting attorney.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 42.001, Government Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
 1-7           (c)  The state prosecuting attorney is entitled to receive
 1-8     compensation from the state equal to the compensation that is
 1-9     provided for a district judge in the General Appropriations Act.
1-10           (d)  The state prosecuting attorney may not engage in the
1-11     private practice of law but may complete all civil cases that are
1-12     not in conflict with the interest of the state or any of its
1-13     counties that are pending in court before the state prosecuting
1-14     attorney takes office.
1-15           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.