H.B. No. 2341




AN ACT

relating to the duties of the district attorney in Washington and 
Burleson counties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 43.108, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 43.108.  21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. (a) The voters of 
Washington and Burleson counties elect a district attorney for the 
21st Judicial District who represents the state in that district 
court only in those counties.
	(b)  The district attorney also represents the state and 
performs the duties of district attorney before the 335th District 
Court in Washington and Burleson counties.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, 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. 2341 was passed by the House on May 5, 
2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2341 was passed by the Senate on May 
27, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor