H.B. No. 3461




AN ACT

relating to the duties of the district attorney for the 156th 
Judicial District.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 43.161, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 43.161.  156TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.  [(a)] The voters of 
Bee, Live Oak, and McMullen counties elect a district attorney for 
the 156th Judicial District who represents the state in that 
district court only in those counties.  In addition to exercising 
the duties and authority conferred on district attorneys by general 
law, the district attorney shall also represent the state in all 
criminal cases in the district courts in those counties.
	[(b)  If there is no county attorney in McMullen County, the 
district attorney may perform the duties of the county attorney in 
McMullen County.]
	SECTION 2.  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. 3461 was passed by the House on May 
10, 2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 3461 was passed by the Senate on May 
28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor