1-1     By:  West, Ellis                                      S.B. No. 1192
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2001; March 8, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
 1-4     April 5, 2001, reported favorably, as amended, by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 1; April 5, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                            By:  Wentworth
 1-7           Amend S.B. No. 1192, in SECTION 1 of the bill, by striking
 1-8     Subsection (b) and substituting the following:
 1-9           (b)  After giving notice to and consulting with the attorney
1-10     representing the state, the attorney general may exclusively
1-11     represent the state in criminal matters before the United States
1-12     Supreme Court.
1-13                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-14                                   AN ACT
1-15     relating to the exclusive authority of the attorney general to
1-16     represent the state before the United States Supreme Court in all
1-17     matters.
1-18           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-19           SECTION 1.  AMENDMENT.  Section 402.021, Government Code, is
1-20     amended to read as follows:
1-21           Sec. 402.021.  REPRESENTATION OF STATE.  (a)  The attorney
1-22     general shall prosecute and defend all actions in which the state
1-23     is interested before the supreme court and courts of appeals.
1-24           (b)  The attorney general shall represent the state in all
1-25     matters before the United States Supreme Court.
1-26           SECTION 2.  SEVERABILITY.  If any provision of this Act or
1-27     its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
1-28     invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this
1-29     Act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or
1-30     application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are
1-31     declared to be severable.
1-32           SECTION 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect September
1-33     1, 2001.
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