S.B. 88 78(R) BILL ANALYSIS S.B. 88 By: Wentworth Judicial Affairs Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current law, district attorneys may maintain an independent law practice to supplement their pay unless their office is listed in the Professional Prosecutors Act, which provides additional state funding to supplement existing salaries in exchange for prohibiting the prosecutor from the private practice of law. S.B. 88 adds the district attorney for the 25th Judicial District to those district attorneys subject to the professional prosecutors law. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS Senate Bill 88 amends the Government Code to add the district attorney from the 25th Judicial District to the list of prosecutors who are subject to the professional prosecutors law. EFFECTIVE DATE January 1, 2005.