H.B. No. 1677




AN ACT

relating to the duties of the district attorney and the county 
attorney in Wharton County.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 43.1775(c), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(c)  At the request of the county attorney, the [The] 
district attorney may assist the county attorney in the prosecution 
of juvenile cases [represents the state in proceedings] under Title 
3, Family Code.
	SECTION 2.  Section 45.341, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
	(d)  The county attorney represents the state in proceedings 
under Title 3, Family Code.
	(e)  The county attorney represents the Wharton County 
Drainage District.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act regarding 
proceedings under Title 3, Family Code, applies only to a 
proceeding commenced on or after the effective date of this Act.  A 
proceeding commenced before the effective date of this Act is 
governed by the law in effect at the time the proceeding was 
commenced, and the former law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1677 was passed by the House on April 
3, 2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1677 was passed by the Senate on May 
1, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor