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. 1-34 * * * * *